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SubJunk wrote:General:

Changes since 6.3.2:

• General:
• Prevent sleep mode while streaming by default

Still not working!
http V2 prevents sleeping even if it's not streaming.
Http v1 does not prevent sleeping.

I cannot believe that Prevent windows sleep still doesn't work properly. It suppose to prevent windows from sleeping WHILE streaming.

The fix is not committed. I've only attached the modified class to this topic. Please review the fix and include it in the next build.

Since nobody answered on this topic for one month, I fixed it myself. Now UMS prevents windows from sleeping only when streaming.
The problem was in the WinUtils class.
The fix only works when HTTP V2 is unchecked. If I have time, I will look in the HTTP V2 code.

Hello, I use UMS 5 on Windows 7 64bit. If Prevent windows from sleep is checked, the computer won't go to sleep at all. I expected this to prevent windows from sleep while streaming. As a workaround, I disabled the feature and use coffee to prevent sleep while upload speed is at least 128k http://co...