[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] Don't unnecessarily stop Win32 GUI playback

[Ingo Brückl]

Stephen Sheldon wrote on Sun, 09 Feb 2014 09:02:17 -0800:

> On a slightly different topic, when I implemented idle mode in the
> Preferences dialog, I asked what the defaults should be, and we were
> puzzled about "Display in the Video Window".  We decided it applied only
> to DirectX, maybe because that driver referenced some variables having
> to do with that option.  Recently I was puzzled why I did not get the
> video menu when I right clicked in the video window when a movie was
> playing.  When the option "Display in the Video Window" was set, I did
> get the video menu.  Without that option there was a console message
> about no bind for MOUSE_BTN2.  I think the option means let the GUI
> handle the window or not.

AFAIR, the video can either be displayed in the video window that the GUI
creates and controls (which should then provide a context menu) or Windows
can put it in an own window (which lacks the context menu).

> I also think that changing the driver and using the Video Window option
> might be a bad idea.

I'm not sure I'm taking your point here. Bad or good idea? Are you suggesting
any changes?

Ingo