Tip: Play your Console Game system on your Mac's screen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDGhh0d-TFQ&feature=PlayList&p=69EF24B2B7053E9E&i ndex=4
You'll never need to purchase a new TV ever for HD gaming.
Finally, another reason to stay out of Windows. (.......unless you have a Xbox)

MacProCT wrote:
There are two utilities that do something similar, but don't require having QT player open.
http://www.ziksw.com/old_site/soundon/index.html
http://mrfeinberg.com/KeepSoundAwake/
I suspect SoundOn is more widely compatible, since it does not use a preferencepane.
SoundOn just launched for me under osx 10.6 and stayed open. Didn't test its effectiveness (I'm not personally having a sound sleep problem).
This technote:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TA20726
includes the following (emphasis added):
In order to increase battery life, Mac OS X versions 10.1.2 through 10.1.5 turn off your computer's sound hardware when it is not used for 30 seconds. The delay in hearing sounds is the time it takes for the sound hardware to go from its low power mode to sound production.
*One way to avoid this issue is by using external USB speakers.*
Since this is a glitch that has “survived” through OS 10.6, I suppose that Apple has seen that a vast majority of users opt for USB and/or optical out, so they optimize bug-fixing “energy use” also.
Since I use QuickTime pretty regularly, and the implementation of both of those “SoundOn” apps plays silence anyway, might as well just run Apple software in the background. It shows a minimal CPU usage/RAM footprint, and I suppose it’s the audio equivalent to Preview, which I load at startup as well.
MS86
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