Stop timeout to video with loud music?

Sit too long at the start screen, and it starts playing a video with extremely loud music. Is there any way to stop this short of exiting, then having to log in again once you finish dealing with whatever interruption drew you away from the computer?

Same thing happens if you get kicked for AFK.

Log out, go to character select, or exit game when you need to be away.

Or use headphones

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Originally Posted by SamSmoot

Sit too long at the start screen, and it starts playing a video with extremely loud music. Is there any way to stop this short of exiting, then having to log in again once you finish dealing with whatever interruption drew you away from the computer?

Same thing happens if you get kicked for AFK.

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Go to the character select screen, the cinematic does not start playing if you idle there.

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Originally Posted by Krotoan

Go to the character select screen, the cinematic does not start playing if you idle there.

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Hmm, that's where you should go when logging out, or when you get AFK logged, so as not to end up in the cinematic.

Open hud editor to avoid the afk timer or disable the video running automatically with something I cannot mention here

The launcher not remembering your login is still one of the worst things about this game...

No music in this game is too loud you heretic.

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Originally Posted by GrizzlyTank

The launcher not remembering your login is still one of the worst things about this game...

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Right? Just remember this device. Every other game with two step verification does it. Just log me into the launcher automatically if I log in from the same computer.

For what it's worth, you can change your login screen on the way in so if you do get timed out, you'll get ARR's soft prelude instead of Shadowbringers' blasting opera. It only takes about five seconds.

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Originally Posted by Jin-

Open hud editor to avoid the afk timer ...

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Doing anything to avoid the AFK timeout is something that specifically called out as actionable.

Or you could just log out when you're done playing.

You're making it sound like having to log back in is a massive inconvenience. If you're gone so long that you got booted to that screen, then you were gone long enough that you should have just logged out.

I turn down the sound system, so noise is reduced greatly.

To get out of the movies, use the <esc> key to get back to the menu.