diff --git a/.changes/playback-keep-display-awake.md b/.changes/playback-keep-display-awake.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7372c3921
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/playback-keep-display-awake.md
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+---
+type: fix
+area: playback
+issues: [1095]
+---
+
+The screen no longer dims or goes to sleep while a built-in player is playing
+video — including on Linux desktops, where the system idle timer used to
+ignore the app. Pausing or stopping hands control back to the system
+immediately, and radio playback deliberately leaves the display free to
+sleep. Works in both the desktop app and the PWA.
diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index 20ce30bc5..762c19f82 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -933,6 +933,19 @@ app as a real argument, so it is not an option.
   KODIPROP DRM still suppress it. Details in
   `docs/architecture/m3u-playlist-module.md` ("DASH + ClearKey Playback").
 - External players: MPV, VLC (via IPC to Electron backend)
+- Display sleep during playback: `PlaybackKeepAwakeService`
+  (`apps/web/src/app/services/playback-keep-awake.service.ts`) watches every
+  `<video>` via document-level capture listeners (media events don't bubble;
+  release listeners sit on the tracked element because Chromium's
+  removed-from-DOM pause never reaches the document) and, while any video is
+  playing and the document is visible, holds a display-sleep lock: in
+  Electron a main-process `powerSaveBlocker` behind
+  `window.electron.setPlaybackKeepAwake`
+  (`apps/electron-backend/src/app/services/playback-keep-awake.service.ts`;
+  auto-cleared on renderer reload/crash), in the PWA the Screen Wake Lock
+  API. Radio's `<audio>` deliberately never blocks display sleep. Embedded
+  MPV holds its own blocker in `EmbeddedMpvNativeService`; external MPV/VLC
+  inhibit the screensaver themselves.
 - Embedded MPV (experimental, macOS/Windows/Linux): renders mpv video inside the Electron window through a native addon. macOS uses the libmpv render API in an `NSOpenGLView`; Windows uses in-process libmpv with `--wid` against an app-owned child `HWND`; Linux spawns an out-of-process `mpv --wid=<x11-window>` controlled over a JSON IPC socket (X11/XWayland only, requires system `mpv` on PATH; subtitles/speed/aspect/recording are not exported there). mpv's own screensaver inhibition does not apply to any of these paths, so `EmbeddedMpvNativeService` holds an Electron `powerSaveBlocker` (`prevent-display-sleep`) whenever any session's status is `playing`, and releases it on pause, dispose, or shutdown. Renderer bounds are CSS pixels; the service converts them to native units in the main process (`embedded-mpv-bounds.util.ts`: × page zoom everywhere, × display scale on Windows/Linux whose child windows are positioned in physical pixels; frame-copy bounds stay unscaled), and the session controller re-syncs bounds when `devicePixelRatio` changes. Service: `apps/electron-backend/src/app/services/embedded-mpv-native.service.ts`; full architecture: `docs/architecture/embedded-mpv-native.md`.
 - Embedded MPV frame-copy engine (experimental, macOS Apple Silicon + Linux
   x64 + Windows; enabled via `Settings > Playback > Embedded MPV: frame-copy
diff --git a/apps/electron-backend/src/app/api/main.preload.ts b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/api/main.preload.ts
index 0f4298aec..212f51604 100644
--- a/apps/electron-backend/src/app/api/main.preload.ts
+++ b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/api/main.preload.ts
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ const WINDOW_SET_CLOSE_GUARD = 'WINDOW:SET_CLOSE_GUARD';
 const WINDOW_CONFIRM_CLOSE = 'WINDOW:CONFIRM_CLOSE';
 const WINDOW_CANCEL_CLOSE = 'WINDOW:CANCEL_CLOSE';
 const WINDOW_CLOSE_REQUESTED = 'WINDOW:CLOSE_REQUESTED';
+const PLAYBACK_SET_KEEP_AWAKE = 'PLAYBACK:SET_KEEP_AWAKE';
 
 const dbSaveContentProgressListeners = new Set<
     (
@@ -435,6 +436,8 @@ const electronApi: ElectronBridgeApi = {
         ipcRenderer.on(WINDOW_CLOSE_REQUESTED, handler);
         return () => ipcRenderer.off(WINDOW_CLOSE_REQUESTED, handler);
     },
+    setPlaybackKeepAwake: (active: boolean) =>
+        ipcRenderer.invoke(PLAYBACK_SET_KEEP_AWAKE, active === true),
     fetchPlaylistByUrl: (
         url: string,
         title?: string,
diff --git a/apps/electron-backend/src/app/events/player.events.ts b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/events/player.events.ts
index d004ed2b4..e38cef167 100644
--- a/apps/electron-backend/src/app/events/player.events.ts
+++ b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/events/player.events.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 import { ipcMain } from 'electron';
 import {
     CLOSE_EXTERNAL_PLAYER_SESSION,
+    PLAYBACK_SET_KEEP_AWAKE,
     PlayerContentInfo,
 } from '@iptvnator/shared/interfaces';
+import { setPlaybackKeepAwake } from '../services/playback-keep-awake.service';
 import {
     MPV_PLAYER_PATH,
     store,
@@ -128,3 +130,7 @@ ipcMain.handle(
         return externalPlayerSessions.closeSession(sessionId);
     }
 );
+
+ipcMain.handle(PLAYBACK_SET_KEEP_AWAKE, (event, active: boolean) => {
+    setPlaybackKeepAwake(event.sender, active === true);
+});
diff --git a/apps/electron-backend/src/app/services/playback-keep-awake.service.spec.ts b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/services/playback-keep-awake.service.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0a5c5f7b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/services/playback-keep-awake.service.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+jest.mock('electron', () => ({
+    powerSaveBlocker: {
+        start: jest.fn(),
+        stop: jest.fn(),
+        isStarted: jest.fn(),
+    },
+}));
+
+import { powerSaveBlocker, WebContents } from 'electron';
+import {
+    resetPlaybackKeepAwakeForTesting,
+    setPlaybackKeepAwake,
+} from './playback-keep-awake.service';
+
+type NavigationListener = (event: {
+    isMainFrame: boolean;
+    isSameDocument: boolean;
+}) => void;
+
+const mockedBlocker = powerSaveBlocker as jest.Mocked<typeof powerSaveBlocker>;
+
+function createSenderStub(id: number) {
+    const listeners = new Map<string, Set<(...args: unknown[]) => void>>();
+    const sender = {
+        id,
+        on: jest.fn((event: string, listener: (...args: unknown[]) => void) => {
+            const existing = listeners.get(event) ?? new Set();
+            existing.add(listener);
+            listeners.set(event, existing);
+            return sender;
+        }),
+        off: jest.fn(
+            (event: string, listener: (...args: unknown[]) => void) => {
+                listeners.get(event)?.delete(listener);
+                return sender;
+            }
+        ),
+    };
+    return {
+        sender: sender as unknown as WebContents,
+        emit: (event: string, ...args: unknown[]) => {
+            for (const listener of listeners.get(event) ?? []) {
+                listener(...args);
+            }
+        },
+        listenerCount: (event: string) => listeners.get(event)?.size ?? 0,
+    };
+}
+
+describe('playback keep-awake service', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+        jest.clearAllMocks();
+        mockedBlocker.start.mockReturnValue(7);
+        mockedBlocker.isStarted.mockReturnValue(true);
+        resetPlaybackKeepAwakeForTesting();
+        jest.clearAllMocks();
+        mockedBlocker.start.mockReturnValue(7);
+        mockedBlocker.isStarted.mockReturnValue(true);
+    });
+
+    it('starts the display blocker on activation and stops it on release', () => {
+        const { sender } = createSenderStub(1);
+
+        setPlaybackKeepAwake(sender, true);
+        expect(mockedBlocker.start).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+        expect(mockedBlocker.start).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+            'prevent-display-sleep'
+        );
+
+        setPlaybackKeepAwake(sender, false);
+        expect(mockedBlocker.stop).toHaveBeenCalledWith(7);
+    });
+
+    it('holds a single blocker across repeated activations', () => {
+        const { sender } = createSenderStub(1);
+
+        setPlaybackKeepAwake(sender, true);
+        setPlaybackKeepAwake(sender, true);
+
+        expect(mockedBlocker.start).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    });
+
+    it('does not stop a blocker that was never started', () => {
+        const { sender } = createSenderStub(1);
+
+        setPlaybackKeepAwake(sender, false);
+
+        expect(mockedBlocker.start).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(mockedBlocker.stop).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it('releases the blocker when the voting webContents is destroyed', () => {
+        const stub = createSenderStub(1);
+
+        setPlaybackKeepAwake(stub.sender, true);
+        stub.emit('destroyed');
+
+        expect(mockedBlocker.stop).toHaveBeenCalledWith(7);
+    });
+
+    it('releases the blocker on a main-frame navigation (reload)', () => {
+        const stub = createSenderStub(1);
+
+        setPlaybackKeepAwake(stub.sender, true);
+        stub.emit('did-start-navigation', {
+            isMainFrame: true,
+            isSameDocument: false,
+        } satisfies Parameters<NavigationListener>[0]);
+
+        expect(mockedBlocker.stop).toHaveBeenCalledWith(7);
+    });
+
+    it('keeps the blocker across same-document navigations (Angular routing)', () => {
+        const stub = createSenderStub(1);
+
+        setPlaybackKeepAwake(stub.sender, true);
+        stub.emit('did-start-navigation', {
+            isMainFrame: true,
+            isSameDocument: true,
+        } satisfies Parameters<NavigationListener>[0]);
+
+        expect(mockedBlocker.stop).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it('detaches its lifetime listeners once the vote is withdrawn', () => {
+        const stub = createSenderStub(1);
+
+        setPlaybackKeepAwake(stub.sender, true);
+        expect(stub.listenerCount('destroyed')).toBe(1);
+        expect(stub.listenerCount('did-start-navigation')).toBe(1);
+
+        setPlaybackKeepAwake(stub.sender, false);
+        expect(stub.listenerCount('destroyed')).toBe(0);
+        expect(stub.listenerCount('did-start-navigation')).toBe(0);
+    });
+
+    it('survives a powerSaveBlocker.start failure and can retry later', () => {
+        const { sender } = createSenderStub(1);
+        mockedBlocker.start.mockImplementationOnce(() => {
+            throw new Error('no dbus');
+        });
+
+        setPlaybackKeepAwake(sender, true);
+        expect(mockedBlocker.stop).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+        // The failed attempt left no blocker; a fresh cycle starts one.
+        setPlaybackKeepAwake(sender, false);
+        setPlaybackKeepAwake(sender, true);
+        expect(mockedBlocker.start).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    });
+});
diff --git a/apps/electron-backend/src/app/services/playback-keep-awake.service.ts b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/services/playback-keep-awake.service.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..46aa7466d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/services/playback-keep-awake.service.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+import { powerSaveBlocker, WebContents } from 'electron';
+
+/**
+ * Keeps the display awake while a built-in web player (HTML5/hls.js,
+ * Video.js, ArtPlayer) is playing video in the renderer (issue #1095).
+ *
+ * Chromium is supposed to hold a video wake lock on its own, but on Linux
+ * that goes through DE-dependent D-Bus inhibitors and is not reliable, so the
+ * renderer reports playback activity explicitly over IPC and the main process
+ * holds a single `powerSaveBlocker('prevent-display-sleep')` — the same
+ * mechanism `EmbeddedMpvNativeService` already uses for embedded MPV
+ * sessions. External MPV/VLC inhibit the screensaver themselves.
+ *
+ * The renderer's flag must not outlive the page that set it: a reload or a
+ * crashed render process would otherwise pin the display awake until app
+ * quit. Each activating WebContents therefore gets destroy/navigation
+ * listeners that withdraw its vote.
+ */
+
+const activeSenders = new Set<number>();
+const senderCleanups = new Map<number, () => void>();
+let blockerId: number | null = null;
+
+export function setPlaybackKeepAwake(
+    sender: WebContents,
+    active: boolean
+): void {
+    if (active) {
+        if (!activeSenders.has(sender.id)) {
+            activeSenders.add(sender.id);
+            watchSenderLifetime(sender);
+        }
+    } else {
+        clearSender(sender.id);
+    }
+    syncBlocker();
+}
+
+/** Test-only: drop all votes and release the blocker. */
+export function resetPlaybackKeepAwakeForTesting(): void {
+    for (const cleanup of senderCleanups.values()) {
+        cleanup();
+    }
+    senderCleanups.clear();
+    activeSenders.clear();
+    syncBlocker();
+}
+
+function watchSenderLifetime(sender: WebContents): void {
+    const senderId = sender.id;
+    const clear = () => {
+        clearSender(senderId);
+        syncBlocker();
+    };
+    const onNavigation = (
+        event: Electron.Event<Electron.WebContentsDidStartNavigationEventParams>
+    ) => {
+        // A main-frame load replaces the page that voted; same-document
+        // navigations (Angular routing) keep the player alive.
+        if (event.isMainFrame && !event.isSameDocument) {
+            clear();
+        }
+    };
+    sender.on('destroyed', clear);
+    sender.on('did-start-navigation', onNavigation);
+    senderCleanups.set(senderId, () => {
+        sender.off('destroyed', clear);
+        sender.off('did-start-navigation', onNavigation);
+    });
+}
+
+function clearSender(senderId: number): void {
+    if (!activeSenders.delete(senderId)) {
+        return;
+    }
+    const cleanup = senderCleanups.get(senderId);
+    senderCleanups.delete(senderId);
+    cleanup?.();
+}
+
+function syncBlocker(): void {
+    const shouldBlock = activeSenders.size > 0;
+
+    if (shouldBlock && blockerId === null) {
+        try {
+            blockerId = powerSaveBlocker.start('prevent-display-sleep');
+        } catch {
+            blockerId = null;
+        }
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (!shouldBlock && blockerId !== null) {
+        const idToStop = blockerId;
+        blockerId = null;
+        try {
+            if (powerSaveBlocker.isStarted(idToStop)) {
+                powerSaveBlocker.stop(idToStop);
+            }
+        } catch {
+            // ignore — the assertion dies with the process anyway
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/apps/web/src/app/app.component.ts b/apps/web/src/app/app.component.ts
index dd1f52828..a6e67951a 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/app/app.component.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/app/app.component.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import {
     createDevLogger,
 } from '@iptvnator/shared/interfaces';
 import { SettingsService } from './services/settings.service';
+import { PlaybackKeepAwakeService } from './services/playback-keep-awake.service';
 import { PlaylistOpenRequestService } from './services/playlist-open-request.service';
 import { AppUpdateNotificationPanelComponent } from './app-update-notification-panel.component';
 
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
     private translate = inject(TranslateService);
     private settingsService = inject(SettingsService);
     private settingsStore = inject(SettingsStore);
+    private playbackKeepAwake = inject(PlaybackKeepAwakeService);
     private playlistOpenRequests = inject(PlaylistOpenRequestService);
     private runtime = inject(RuntimeCapabilitiesService);
     private readonly workspaceShellActions = inject(WORKSPACE_SHELL_ACTIONS);
@@ -83,6 +85,10 @@ export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
         // as possible so a first-launch file is not delayed behind app init.
         this.playlistOpenRequests.start();
 
+        // Keep the display awake while a built-in player is playing video
+        // (Electron powerSaveBlocker / PWA Screen Wake Lock, issue #1095).
+        this.playbackKeepAwake.start();
+
         effect(() => {
             const size = this.settingsStore.coverSize?.() ?? 'medium';
             document.documentElement.dataset.coverSize = size;
diff --git a/apps/web/src/app/services/playback-keep-awake.service.spec.ts b/apps/web/src/app/services/playback-keep-awake.service.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e3889f2db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/web/src/app/services/playback-keep-awake.service.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,226 @@
+import { PlaybackKeepAwakeService } from './playback-keep-awake.service';
+
+type ElectronWindow = Window & {
+    electron?: { setPlaybackKeepAwake?: jest.Mock };
+};
+
+const flush = () => Promise.resolve().then(() => Promise.resolve());
+
+describe('PlaybackKeepAwakeService', () => {
+    let service: PlaybackKeepAwakeService;
+    let video: HTMLVideoElement;
+    let visibilityState: DocumentVisibilityState;
+
+    const setVisibility = (state: DocumentVisibilityState) => {
+        visibilityState = state;
+        document.dispatchEvent(new Event('visibilitychange'));
+    };
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+        visibilityState = 'visible';
+        Object.defineProperty(document, 'visibilityState', {
+            configurable: true,
+            get: () => visibilityState,
+        });
+        service = new PlaybackKeepAwakeService();
+        video = document.createElement('video');
+        document.body.appendChild(video);
+    });
+
+    afterEach(() => {
+        service.stop();
+        video.remove();
+        delete (window as ElectronWindow).electron;
+        delete (document as { visibilityState?: unknown }).visibilityState;
+    });
+
+    describe('with the Electron bridge', () => {
+        let setPlaybackKeepAwake: jest.Mock;
+
+        beforeEach(() => {
+            setPlaybackKeepAwake = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+            (window as ElectronWindow).electron = { setPlaybackKeepAwake };
+            service.start();
+        });
+
+        it('activates on playing and releases on pause', () => {
+            video.dispatchEvent(new Event('playing'));
+            expect(setPlaybackKeepAwake).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+            expect(setPlaybackKeepAwake).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(true);
+
+            video.dispatchEvent(new Event('pause'));
+            expect(setPlaybackKeepAwake).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+            expect(setPlaybackKeepAwake).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(false);
+        });
+
+        it.each(['ended', 'emptied', 'error'] as const)(
+            'releases on %s',
+            (eventType) => {
+                video.dispatchEvent(new Event('playing'));
+                video.dispatchEvent(new Event(eventType));
+                expect(setPlaybackKeepAwake).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(false);
+            }
+        );
+
+        it('holds the lock until the last playing video stops', () => {
+            const second = document.createElement('video');
+            document.body.appendChild(second);
+
+            video.dispatchEvent(new Event('playing'));
+            second.dispatchEvent(new Event('playing'));
+            expect(setPlaybackKeepAwake).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+            video.dispatchEvent(new Event('pause'));
+            expect(setPlaybackKeepAwake).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+            second.dispatchEvent(new Event('pause'));
+            expect(setPlaybackKeepAwake).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(false);
+            second.remove();
+        });
+
+        it('does not react to repeated playing events of a tracked video', () => {
+            video.dispatchEvent(new Event('playing'));
+            video.dispatchEvent(new Event('playing'));
+            expect(setPlaybackKeepAwake).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+        });
+
+        it('ignores audio elements so radio keeps the display free to sleep', () => {
+            const audio = document.createElement('audio');
+            document.body.appendChild(audio);
+
+            audio.dispatchEvent(new Event('playing'));
+            expect(setPlaybackKeepAwake).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+            audio.remove();
+        });
+
+        it('releases when a tracked video pauses after DOM removal', () => {
+            video.dispatchEvent(new Event('playing'));
+            expect(setPlaybackKeepAwake).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(true);
+
+            // Chromium pauses removed media elements, but that pause fires on
+            // the detached element and never reaches the document listener.
+            video.remove();
+            video.dispatchEvent(new Event('pause'));
+            expect(setPlaybackKeepAwake).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(false);
+        });
+
+        it('drops the lock while the document is hidden and re-acquires on return', () => {
+            video.dispatchEvent(new Event('playing'));
+            expect(setPlaybackKeepAwake).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(true);
+
+            setVisibility('hidden');
+            expect(setPlaybackKeepAwake).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(false);
+
+            setVisibility('visible');
+            expect(setPlaybackKeepAwake).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(true);
+            expect(setPlaybackKeepAwake).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3);
+        });
+
+        it('retries after a failed IPC call on the next state change', async () => {
+            setPlaybackKeepAwake.mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error('ipc down'));
+
+            video.dispatchEvent(new Event('playing'));
+            await flush();
+
+            video.dispatchEvent(new Event('pause'));
+            expect(setPlaybackKeepAwake).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(false);
+        });
+
+        it('stop() releases the lock and detaches all listeners', () => {
+            video.dispatchEvent(new Event('playing'));
+            expect(setPlaybackKeepAwake).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(true);
+
+            service.stop();
+            expect(setPlaybackKeepAwake).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(false);
+
+            video.dispatchEvent(new Event('playing'));
+            expect(setPlaybackKeepAwake).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+        });
+    });
+
+    describe('with the Screen Wake Lock API (PWA)', () => {
+        let request: jest.Mock;
+        let release: jest.Mock;
+        let sentinel: {
+            release: jest.Mock;
+            addEventListener: jest.Mock;
+        };
+
+        beforeEach(() => {
+            release = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+            sentinel = { release, addEventListener: jest.fn() };
+            request = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(sentinel);
+            Object.defineProperty(navigator, 'wakeLock', {
+                configurable: true,
+                value: { request },
+            });
+            service.start();
+        });
+
+        afterEach(() => {
+            delete (navigator as { wakeLock?: unknown }).wakeLock;
+        });
+
+        it('requests a screen wake lock on playing and releases it on pause', async () => {
+            video.dispatchEvent(new Event('playing'));
+            expect(request).toHaveBeenCalledWith('screen');
+            await flush();
+
+            video.dispatchEvent(new Event('pause'));
+            expect(release).toHaveBeenCalled();
+        });
+
+        it('releases a lock that resolves after playback already stopped', async () => {
+            let resolveRequest:
+                | ((value: typeof sentinel) => void)
+                | undefined;
+            request.mockImplementationOnce(
+                () =>
+                    new Promise((resolve) => {
+                        resolveRequest = resolve;
+                    })
+            );
+
+            video.dispatchEvent(new Event('playing'));
+            video.dispatchEvent(new Event('pause'));
+            resolveRequest?.(sentinel);
+            await flush();
+
+            expect(release).toHaveBeenCalled();
+        });
+
+        it('re-requests the lock after the browser auto-released it', async () => {
+            video.dispatchEvent(new Event('playing'));
+            await flush();
+
+            // The browser releases the sentinel itself when the page hides.
+            const onRelease = sentinel.addEventListener.mock.calls.find(
+                ([type]) => type === 'release'
+            )?.[1] as () => void;
+            setVisibility('hidden');
+            onRelease();
+
+            setVisibility('visible');
+            expect(request).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+        });
+
+        it('survives a denied wake lock request', async () => {
+            request.mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error('denied'));
+
+            video.dispatchEvent(new Event('playing'));
+            await flush();
+
+            // A later event retries.
+            video.dispatchEvent(new Event('pause'));
+            video.dispatchEvent(new Event('playing'));
+            expect(request).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+        });
+
+        it('does nothing when the API is unavailable', () => {
+            delete (navigator as { wakeLock?: unknown }).wakeLock;
+            expect(() =>
+                video.dispatchEvent(new Event('playing'))
+            ).not.toThrow();
+        });
+    });
+});
diff --git a/apps/web/src/app/services/playback-keep-awake.service.ts b/apps/web/src/app/services/playback-keep-awake.service.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0b3b3621a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/web/src/app/services/playback-keep-awake.service.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,189 @@
+import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+
+type PlaybackKeepAwakeBridge = {
+    setPlaybackKeepAwake?: (active: boolean) => Promise<void>;
+};
+
+type WakeLockSentinelLike = {
+    release(): Promise<void>;
+    addEventListener?(type: 'release', listener: () => void): void;
+};
+
+type WakeLockNavigator = Navigator & {
+    wakeLock?: { request(type: 'screen'): Promise<WakeLockSentinelLike> };
+};
+
+/** Events on a tracked video that mean it is no longer playing. */
+const RELEASE_EVENTS = ['pause', 'ended', 'emptied', 'error'] as const;
+
+/**
+ * Keeps the display awake while any built-in web player (HTML5/hls.js,
+ * Video.js, ArtPlayer) is playing video (issue #1095).
+ *
+ * Detection is a document-level capture listener for `playing`: media events
+ * don't bubble, but capture still sees them from every `<video>` in the page,
+ * so all current and future player surfaces are covered without per-engine
+ * wiring. Only `HTMLVideoElement` counts — radio's `<audio>` deliberately
+ * leaves the display free to sleep, matching browser behavior for audio.
+ *
+ * Once a video is tracked, its release listeners sit on the element itself:
+ * Chromium pauses a media element removed from the DOM, but that `pause`
+ * fires on the detached element and never reaches the document, so a
+ * document-only listener would leak the lock on component teardown.
+ *
+ * In Electron the lock is a main-process `powerSaveBlocker` behind
+ * `window.electron.setPlaybackKeepAwake` (Chromium's own video wake lock is
+ * unreliable on Linux — DE-dependent D-Bus inhibitors, see the issue). In the
+ * PWA it is the standard Screen Wake Lock API. Embedded MPV and external
+ * MPV/VLC render no `<video>` here and manage display sleep themselves.
+ *
+ * Visibility gates the lock in both modes: a minimized window streaming
+ * audio in the background should not pin the display on. The wake lock is
+ * re-requested on `visibilitychange` because the browser auto-releases it
+ * when the page hides.
+ */
+@Injectable({ providedIn: 'root' })
+export class PlaybackKeepAwakeService {
+    private started = false;
+    private readonly playingVideos = new Set<HTMLVideoElement>();
+    private readonly releaseCleanups = new Map<HTMLVideoElement, () => void>();
+
+    private lastSentToBridge: boolean | null = null;
+    private wakeLock: WakeLockSentinelLike | null = null;
+    private wakeLockRequestInFlight = false;
+
+    private readonly onPlaying = (event: Event) => {
+        const target = event.target;
+        if (target instanceof HTMLVideoElement) {
+            this.trackVideo(target);
+        }
+    };
+
+    private readonly onVisibilityChange = () => {
+        this.sync();
+    };
+
+    start(): void {
+        if (this.started) {
+            return;
+        }
+        this.started = true;
+        document.addEventListener('playing', this.onPlaying, true);
+        document.addEventListener('visibilitychange', this.onVisibilityChange);
+    }
+
+    stop(): void {
+        if (!this.started) {
+            return;
+        }
+        this.started = false;
+        document.removeEventListener('playing', this.onPlaying, true);
+        document.removeEventListener(
+            'visibilitychange',
+            this.onVisibilityChange
+        );
+        for (const video of [...this.playingVideos]) {
+            this.untrackVideo(video);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private trackVideo(video: HTMLVideoElement): void {
+        if (this.playingVideos.has(video)) {
+            return;
+        }
+        this.playingVideos.add(video);
+        const onRelease = () => this.untrackVideo(video);
+        for (const type of RELEASE_EVENTS) {
+            video.addEventListener(type, onRelease);
+        }
+        this.releaseCleanups.set(video, () => {
+            for (const type of RELEASE_EVENTS) {
+                video.removeEventListener(type, onRelease);
+            }
+        });
+        this.sync();
+    }
+
+    private untrackVideo(video: HTMLVideoElement): void {
+        if (!this.playingVideos.delete(video)) {
+            return;
+        }
+        const cleanup = this.releaseCleanups.get(video);
+        this.releaseCleanups.delete(video);
+        cleanup?.();
+        this.sync();
+    }
+
+    private sync(): void {
+        const shouldBlock =
+            this.playingVideos.size > 0 &&
+            document.visibilityState === 'visible';
+
+        const bridge = this.getBridge();
+        if (bridge?.setPlaybackKeepAwake) {
+            if (this.lastSentToBridge !== shouldBlock) {
+                this.lastSentToBridge = shouldBlock;
+                bridge.setPlaybackKeepAwake(shouldBlock).catch(() => {
+                    // Retry on the next state change.
+                    this.lastSentToBridge = null;
+                });
+            }
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (shouldBlock) {
+            this.acquireWakeLock();
+        } else {
+            this.releaseWakeLock();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private acquireWakeLock(): void {
+        if (this.wakeLock || this.wakeLockRequestInFlight) {
+            return;
+        }
+        const wakeLock = (navigator as WakeLockNavigator).wakeLock;
+        if (!wakeLock) {
+            return;
+        }
+        this.wakeLockRequestInFlight = true;
+        wakeLock
+            .request('screen')
+            .then((sentinel) => {
+                this.wakeLockRequestInFlight = false;
+                // The browser releases the sentinel on its own when the page
+                // hides; forget it so the next sync() can re-request.
+                sentinel.addEventListener?.('release', () => {
+                    if (this.wakeLock === sentinel) {
+                        this.wakeLock = null;
+                    }
+                });
+                const stillWanted =
+                    this.playingVideos.size > 0 &&
+                    document.visibilityState === 'visible';
+                if (!stillWanted) {
+                    sentinel.release().catch(() => undefined);
+                    return;
+                }
+                this.wakeLock = sentinel;
+            })
+            .catch(() => {
+                // Denied (battery saver, hidden document, …) — a later
+                // `playing` or visibility event retries via sync().
+                this.wakeLockRequestInFlight = false;
+            });
+    }
+
+    private releaseWakeLock(): void {
+        const sentinel = this.wakeLock;
+        if (!sentinel) {
+            return;
+        }
+        this.wakeLock = null;
+        sentinel.release().catch(() => undefined);
+    }
+
+    private getBridge(): PlaybackKeepAwakeBridge | undefined {
+        return (window as { electron?: PlaybackKeepAwakeBridge }).electron;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/libs/shared/interfaces/src/lib/electron-api.interface.ts b/libs/shared/interfaces/src/lib/electron-api.interface.ts
index 33bba2ce6..87eb3e982 100644
--- a/libs/shared/interfaces/src/lib/electron-api.interface.ts
+++ b/libs/shared/interfaces/src/lib/electron-api.interface.ts
@@ -639,6 +639,14 @@ export interface ElectronBridgeApi {
     onWindowCloseRequested: (
         callback: (requestId: number) => void
     ) => () => void;
+    /**
+     * While active, the main process holds a
+     * `powerSaveBlocker('prevent-display-sleep')` so the screen stays awake
+     * during built-in video playback. The flag is cleared automatically when
+     * the renderer navigates, reloads, or dies, so a crashed page can never
+     * leave the display pinned awake.
+     */
+    setPlaybackKeepAwake: (active: boolean) => Promise<void>;
     fetchPlaylistByUrl: (
         url: string,
         title?: string,
diff --git a/libs/shared/interfaces/src/lib/ipc-commands.ts b/libs/shared/interfaces/src/lib/ipc-commands.ts
index b1f812746..10f882375 100644
--- a/libs/shared/interfaces/src/lib/ipc-commands.ts
+++ b/libs/shared/interfaces/src/lib/ipc-commands.ts
@@ -107,6 +107,10 @@ export const DELETE_ALL_PLAYLISTS = 'DELETE_ALL_PLAYLISTS';
 // Remote Control
 export const REMOTE_CONTROL_CHANGE_CHANNEL = 'REMOTE_CONTROL_CHANGE_CHANNEL';
 
+// Display sleep: while a built-in video player is playing, the renderer asks
+// the main process to hold a powerSaveBlocker so the screen stays awake
+export const PLAYBACK_SET_KEEP_AWAKE = 'PLAYBACK:SET_KEEP_AWAKE';
+
 // Window controls (custom title bar on Windows/Linux)
 export const WINDOW_MINIMIZE = 'WINDOW:MINIMIZE';
 export const WINDOW_TOGGLE_MAXIMIZE = 'WINDOW:TOGGLE_MAXIMIZE';