Surface 3 Screen Off During Video Playback

[TheImmortal68]

There are times I want to turn off the screen without stopping the video playing (so audio continues). I used to do this all the time with my Android tablet using bsplayer, but have yet to find a way to do this with the Surface 3. I have tried a couple different ways to do this, and the closest I get is closing the touch cover over the screen while Media Player Classic is playing, but it doesn't actually turn off the screen. It turns the screen off, but almost instantly MPC turns the screen back on, albeit the lockscreen shows. The two problems I have with this is that since the screen is still technically on it is still draining the battery, and after 10 minutes the playback stops completely. If anybody has a workaround that can help with this I would greatly appreciate it.

 

[TileCreator]

1. Go to Windows 8 Start Screen
2. Search for "Windows mobility center" and select settings
3. Click on "Windows Mobility Center"
4. There will be an option called "Presentation mode". Turn it off

I found this via a website. Need to go back home to see if it works.

 

[AizenSousuke92]

1. Go to Windows 8 Start Screen
2. Search for "Windows mobility center" and select settings
3. Click on "Windows Mobility Center"
4. There will be an option called "Presentation mode". Turn it off

I found this via a website. Need to go back home to see if it works.

Nope. On my S3 the option isn't there.

 

[domboy]

1. Go to Windows 8 Start Screen
2. Search for "Windows mobility center" and select settings
3. Click on "Windows Mobility Center"
4. There will be an option called "Presentation mode". Turn it off

I found this via a website. Need to go back home to see if it works.

I do not think this does what you think it does...

On my Surface RT, turning on "Presentation mode" keeps it from going to sleep or turning the screen off... basically switches it to the equivalent of an always on power profile. Turning presentation mode off resumes the selected profile (in my case I left it with the settings it came with).

Presentation mode is great for doing the opposite of what the OP is trying to accomplish, without having the mess with power profiles.

 

[Solar257]

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/create-a-shortcut-or-hotkey-to-turn-off-the-monitor/ this helped me. I didn't want to stream video but I wanted to turn off the screen without putting the tablet to sleep when I closed my type cover.