[MPlayer-users] Re: mplayer as screensaver

[Alban Bedel]

Hi Mark Veinot,

on Wed, 15 Oct 2003 13:33:45 -0300 you wrote:

> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read
> DOCS/bugreports.html] On Wednesday October 15 2003 1:08 pm, jhollind
> wrote:
> > I've been trying this, and I'm only 50% there.  From a prompt it works
> > as expected, but from within xscreensaver I only hear it, but nothing
> > is displayed.  My command from xscreensaver-demo is:
> >
> > mplayer -vo xv -rootwin -fs -loop 0 /path/to/mymovie.mov
> >
> > I tried adding a &> /dev/null to the end, wondering if the mplayer
> > output was messing it up, but it didn't help.  I'm running MPlayer
> > 1.0pre1-3.3.1.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > For whoever plans to use this, don't forget a -loop 0 so it keeps
> > repeating. I can hear that it pauses during a failed passwd, and
> > starts back where it left off, which is cool.
> 
> Hrmmm you're right. It should work, but it doesn't. I tried it myself,
> and I just get a black screen. I'll keep working on it and let you know
> if I figure anything out.
Try -use-stdin or to redirect stdin to /dev/null.
	Albeu
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