johnugamer Posted January 16, 2017 Posted January 16, 2017 (edited) Issue: One of the newer LaunchBox/BigBox updates has prevented my computer sleeping while BigBox is running. I believe it has to do with the recent implementation of background music in BigBox. I have diagnosed the problem further and have found that BigBox seems to be outputting an audio stream even though I have background music disabled and do not have any video or audio playing in BigBox. Steps taken: I used the cmd command "powercfg -requests" to figure out that a audio stream is currently "in-use" that is preventing the computer from sleeping. Closing BigBox solves the problem which tells me it is a problem lying somewhere in BigBox. Putting a "powercfg -requestsoverride" in on my audio driver solves the issue but is not an ideal fix because the computer will sleep even if I am listening to music in something like Kodi. If anyone can test this out for themselves or offer some help it would be much appreciated. Thanks! *Edit* I have tested this issue on a separate computer with Windows 10 and the same problem persists, so I know the issue isn't a result of something weird on my arcade computer. Edited January 17, 2017 by johnugamer Further testing Quote
johnugamer Posted January 18, 2017 Author Posted January 18, 2017 Sorry to bump but I was wondering if anyone could take a look into this. I believe this an bug/issue that affects everyone. Quote
Steak House Posted March 15, 2017 Posted March 15, 2017 Sorry to bump - this is causing problems for me as well. Quote
neil9000 Posted March 15, 2017 Posted March 15, 2017 5 minutes ago, Steak House said: Sorry to bump - this is causing problems for me as well. Are you sure its launchbox/bigbox issue. As you can see knowone has commented on this thread for a while. Quote
Steak House Posted March 15, 2017 Posted March 15, 2017 1 hour ago, neil9000 said: Are you sure its launchbox/bigbox issue. As you can see knowone has commented on this thread for a while. Yes - PC goes to sleep as expected when Big Box is shutdown (windows 8.1) - also my platform wheel is not running any audio/videos. Quote
Steak House Posted March 16, 2017 Posted March 16, 2017 No - should it be on? (I'm assuming no.) Quote
neil9000 Posted March 16, 2017 Posted March 16, 2017 Just now, Steak House said: No - should it be on? (I'm assuming no.) No was just curious. if that was waking it up. Quote
illfated Posted September 9, 2017 Posted September 9, 2017 (edited) Same issue here and the issue on bitbucket has no comments or votes. I know not many people care about the sleep mode but it'd be great if someone has a tip to fix it Got the "audio stream" entry as well even when there's no sound at all Edited September 9, 2017 by illfated Quote
fahi Posted January 7, 2023 Posted January 7, 2023 Unfortunately, this bug is still present in BigBox 5 years later. It seems like the way BigBox implements Controller support is poor and keeps the computer awake. I have found a workaround that is not perfect: Disable Game Controllers in BigBox and use Steam Desktop Mode with your controller instead. This will emulate keyboard keypresses when using your controller. The downside of this solution is that Steam doesn't seem to support key repeats or holding down buttons, meaning that navigation will be harder because you have to physically press the button many times to navigate. I hope this bug can be fixed in BigBox. Quote
dgsgc Posted January 19, 2023 Posted January 19, 2023 Same issue here, have all the correct options ticked/unticked but it won't sleep when big box is open. Quote
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