Recording while monitor is sleeping

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mikephlurry

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Hi guys,

I set up task scheduler for OBS to start auto recording at a set time daily; however, it will record a blank screen until I "wake" my monitor from sleeping. Is there a solution to record the desktop while the monitor is sleeping or to get OBS to auto wake the display?

Other solutions I could think of:
  • Leave display always on in power settings (not ideal for energy consumption and monitor lifespan)
  • Leave display always on and manually power on and off my monitor (this will be mostly inconvenient doing daily)
  • Use mouse mover software and schedule to automatically move my mouse at a set time daily before OBS begins recording (feels like bloat software)
Thank you
 
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AaronD

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Frankly, I'd be okay with the mouse jiggler. It's practically nothing...unless you get one that's been heavily subsidized by everyone that wants a piece of your wallet. Get a decent free one instead. Lots of those available too.

If you're using the task scheduler to run multiple commands that really belong to the same overall task, then you might have a look at scripting it instead. One scheduled task to start the script, and then the script does everything related to that task. It tends to keep things a bit cleaner that way, and more maintainable.
 
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mikephlurry

New Member
AaronD said:
Frankly, I'd be okay with the mouse jiggler. It's practically nothing...unless you get one that's been heavily subsidized by everyone that wants a piece of your wallet. Get a decent free one instead. Lots of those available too.

If you're using the task scheduler to run multiple commands that really belong to the same overall task, then you might have a look at scripting it instead. One scheduled task to start the script, and then the script does everything related to that task. It tends to keep things a bit cleaner that way, and more maintainable.
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Thanks but I'm personally still searching for the most efficient solution as possible. Mouse jiggler/mouse mover is a last resort for me. If there is a way to bake in a way to move my mouse with a powershell script or something to that effect, I would bake that in with task scheduler, but I'm not proficient in writing scripts.

Any other ideas here? I'm sure I'm not the first one who needs a monitor to wake up from sleep to screen record
 
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