No, I just checked using Parole and it still dimmed.
I don't know it is relevant, but I found another bug report with the same symptoms (dims while video plays, but other power management features work) in Linux Mint in Cinnamon: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint/+bug/1332316 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1772325 Title: Screen dims while a video is playing in VLC To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfce4-power-manager/+bug/1772325/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs