Automatically Activate ScreenSaver when DVD is playing?

An excellent feature in Mac OS X is that the screensaver will not activate when a DVD (or QuickTime Broadcaster) is playing. This is terrific, however, I have an unusual situation in which I would like the screensaver to automatically activate even when a DVD is playing. Does anyone know how I can get this to happen? Thank you very much in advance for any information that can be provided.
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Well, as you can see from my revised last post, DVD
Player only inhibits the screen saver when a DVD is
actually playing.
Yes, that is the issue I am talking about.
Your comments are somewhat confusing. It appears
what you truly want is the old behavior, not "for the
screen saver to activate automatically (like when no
DVD is playing)..." as you later wrote, since the
screen saver is inhibited if and only if a DVD is
playing.
My apologies, I regret that you find them confusing.
As I suggested earlier, try playing DVDs with VLC to
see how it behaves w.r.t. the screen saver. I've
already spent enough time on these tests, which I
think at least deserve a Helpful.
I have to apologize again in that I oversimplified the problem by referring to the DVD player, but what I need is a more "global" solution.
As to QuickTime Broadcaster, I have no experience
with it. I suggest you post on the QuickTime Discussion.
As FYI, I did check DVD Player's preferences file and
there's no hidden options regarding the screen saver
behavior.
Right, this would (I believe) be a system wide issue. Thank you for your time. Best wishes.

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