Disable xscreensaver when watching Kodi video?

Question

Is there any way of disabling xscreensaver when a video is being played back in Kodi (17.6). I'm running Ubuntu 17.10.

I've seen proposed workarounds for Flash or Youtube video playback, but nothing for Kodi ???

Answer 1

kodi-prevent-xscreensaver keeps XScreenSaver from coming on when Kodi is active. This bash script is infinitely more lightweight than some alternatives such as caffeine.

git clone https://github.com/graysky2/kodi-prevent-xscreensaver 
sudo make  
sudo make install 

kodi-prevent-xscreensaver

and add it to ~/.config/autostart to add it to start-up application list but this prevents it any time Kodi is running, not only when it is at full screen.