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be the default behavior. Currently only affects X11 VOs.
``--heartbeat-cmd=<command>``
+
+ .. warning::
+
+ This option is redundant with Lua scripting. Further, it shouldn't be
+ needed for disabling screensaver anyway, since mpv will call
+ ``xdg-screensaver`` when using X11 backend. As a consequence this
+ option has been deprecated with no direct replacement.
+
Command that is executed every 30 seconds during playback via *system()* -
i.e. using the shell. The time between the commands can be customized with
the ``--heartbeat-interval`` option. The command is not run while playback