Is it possible to turn off a DSI LCD screen on idle (no music playing)?

Help and Support Help
1

I’ve added hdmi_blanking=1 to /boot/config.txt but apparently that doesn’t work on RPI4s. I also added the now_playing plugin but that shows the time/weather on idle and the screen stays on.

2

@patrickkfkan @gvolt can you help with this,
i think with now playing plugin it starts the time / weather when idle and if that’s on
you will not get your blanking on hdmi.

3

Please provide brand and model of the screen.

4

OSOYOO 5 Inch DSI Touch Sceen LCD Display 800x480

5

With the Now Playing plugin disabled, does the display turn off after the amount of time you set on the Touch Display’s config page?

6

The display doesn’t have a config page(afaik), all configuration is done in /boot/config.txt

https://osoyoo.com/2019/09/20/instruction-for-raspberry-pi-5-dsi-touch-screen/

1 Like
7

I meant the Touch Display plugin’s config page.

8

Ah, no. It’s set to 60 seconds.

Edit: changed it and reapplied, waited 60 seconds and the screen went off. Looks like it lost its setting at some point!