---
title: "Playlist as a Screensaver"
slug: "playlist-as-a-screensaver"
updated: 2025-04-29T10:00:52Z
published: 2025-04-29T10:00:52Z
canonical: "support.dise.com/playlist-as-a-screensaver"
---

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# Playlist as a Screensaver

A playlist can be used as a screensaver. To achieve this a background python script must run in a separate transparent layer. This script will trigger a scenario on/off depending on user interaction and the specified timeout.

1. Create a Dise Movie via the [CX Composer](/docs/cx-composer):
  1. Connect the python script as a [background script](/docs/connect-a-script):

```python
import win32api

trigger = "ScreensaverTrigger"

while DISEScript.GetState(0) != "Terminated":
    x = win32api.GetLastInputInfo()
    z = x
    DISEScript.Sleep(60000)
    x = win32api.GetLastInputInfo()
    while x == z:
        DISEScript.SetTrigger(trigger, True)
        DISEScript.Log("debug", "Screensaver on")
        x = win32api.GetLastInputInfo()
        DISEScript.Sleep(1000)

    DISEScript.SetTrigger(trigger, False)
    DISEScript.Log("debug", "Screensaver off")
```

2. [Create a layout](/docs/layouts) with a transparent layer for the background script and a layer for the screensaver and standard/interactive content.

3. [Create a trigger](/docs/triggers) named 'ScreensaverTrigger'.

4. [Create a trigger based scenario](/docs/scenarios) for the screensaver using 'ScreensaverTrigger'.

5. Schedule a playlist to the newly created scenario that will now act as a screensaver.

The screensaver timeout is set to 60 seconds by default. Change the 'DISEScript.Sleep(60000) to the required timeout in ms.

## Related

- [CX Composer](/cx-composer.md)
- [Create a Template](/create-a-template.md)
- [Connect a Script](/connect-a-script.md)