[MPlayer-dev-eng] Better handling of low FPS and still images

[Diego Biurrun]

On Wed, Aug 22, 2007 at 04:40:52PM +0300, Uoti Urpala wrote:
> I've done some work to allow handling events independently of frame
> updates, which should make possible better low-FPS and still image
> handling.

This is much appreciated, MPlayer's handling of low-FPS stuff has
forever been less than stellar.

> I'm considering removing the forced unpause when running any keyboard or
> slave commands. Is there any good reason to keep it?

FWIW, I have always considered this a misfeature.

> Slave mode functionality changes can affect frontends though so it
> might be good to give their authors some advance warning before
> significant behavior changes. Do frontend authors read this list?

It would not be the first time this interface gets broken.  Whether this
is good or bad is, of course, open for debate.

Diego