Windows 10: Audio in browser prevents pc to go to sleep, even when stopped.

I often listen to music from e.g. soundcloud, and while the music plays, i would of course not want my pc to go sleep.
If i pause/stop a track (i.e. no music is playing), but leave the webpage or tab open, my pc will still not go to sleep.
I would like for my pc to go to sleep, without me having to close the tab or browser, so that i can continue to listen to the music when i wake up the pc.

powercfg -requests returns:
[DRIVER] Realtek High Definition Audio (HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0887&SUBSYS_104386C7&REV_1003\4&bc42ed2&0&0001)
An audio stream is currently in use (translated from Danish)

Is there a way to change the settings to allow the pc to go to sleep even if a browser tab is open on a streaming site, but with no actual music streaming going on?

:)

 

PC won't sleep while playing a sound (audio driver prevent from sleep)

Go to Control panel /and search for Power options. Select Advanced and then Change when computer sleeps. Scroll down to media settings and uncheck option "prevent sleep when sharing media" ... Names could not be exact, but you'll find them.

Also, there is fine tutorial about preventing devices to wake computer or go to sleep..

 

stop win 10 pc goin sleep

Hi Maximo,

Thank you for posting the query on Microsoft Community. I am glad to assist you on this.

Kindly follow the below steps to stop PC going sleep mode.

• Click on Start and select Settings. Or search for
  Settings.
• Click on System.
• From list select Power & Sleep.
• Now on both Screen and Sleep select the option
  Never.

Now check if this works. If not, restart the PC and check.

Kindly let us know if you need any further assistance with Windows. We are glad to assist you.

Thank you.

 

Preventing sleep on laptop/monitor

Hi Tricia,

In order to help you with your concern about preventing your Windows 10 not to go to sleep mode, may we request you to answer the following questions first:

• Have you made any recent changes to your computer system prior to getting this issue?
  
• What is the current Build and Version of your Windows 10 PC? To know these information follow these steps:
  

• Press the Windows key + R.
• Type Winver.
• Press Enter.
• A small box will appear showing the current Build and
  Version of your PC.

(Should you need to update your PC, you may click on this
link. This will also show you the update history for Windows 10.)

• Are you getting any error messages? If yes, kindly post it here.
• What troubleshooting steps have you taken so far?

You may utilize the troubleshooting suggestions from the post of
Aleksandr 10 in this thread, to remedy the
automatic sleep that your device is displaying. This link has been helpful to a lot of Community members who had the same concern and may also be helpful in the issue at hand.

We look forward to your response.

Regards.