[MPlayer-users] new option -xinerama

[Tom Bednarchuk]

Yes, ideally that is what I want or actually if somehow start mplayer on
display0 and then start another small control app on display1 that controls
mplayer. I don't mind writing some small app (I'm new to LINUX, so it'll
have to be simple) to do it but I need more info as to how to tie in to the
code. I thought I could write to the playlist file but the playlist seems a
little broken (only plays 1st clip). Eventually, an app that showed my
playlist on display1 so that I could make a selection that would play on
display0 (in fullscreen. eventually on the TVout of ATI rage fury pro, but
for now on the display)

Hopefully it's not TOO complex. If someone points me in the right direction
I'll stumble around and try stuff but it's a big hunk of code to go into
cold.

Thanks all

Tom
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian J. Murrell" <fadbe046a44510bcdd89b85b11876ae5 at interlinx.bc.ca>
To: <mplayer-users at mplayer.dev.hu>
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 4:43 PM
Subject: Re: [MPlayer-users] new option -xinerama


> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> On Thu, Feb 14, 2002 at 10:09:53PM +0100, Alban Bedel wrote:
> > [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read
DOCS/bugreports.html]
> > Hi Tom Bednarchuk,
> >
> > on Thu, 14 Feb 2002 15:29:43 -0500 you wrote:
> >
> > > I'd like to be able to play video on display0 and control it from the
console on display1. Possible ?
> >
> > Yes, in this config you have two X server (for exemple :0.0 and :0.1)
use the display
> > option or change your $DISPLAY to the target display.
>
> You missed reading the question completely.  He wants the gui on one
> screen and the actual movie to play on the other screen.  This is not
> easy to do.  Once an application is "attached" to a display, it is
> difficult to move it to another display becase (from what I
> understand) all of the resources of the application are "tied" to the
> display it started on.
>
> What the user really wants is a Xinerama-aware window manager.
>
> b.
>
> --
> Brian J. Murrell
>
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