--- MPlayer-0.90-original/mplayer.c	Mon Mar 10 15:02:18 2003
+++ MPlayer-0.90/mplayer.c	Wed Apr 23 14:36:36 2003
@@ -648,6 +648,7 @@
 int osd_function=OSD_PLAY;
 int osd_last_pts=-303;
 int osd_show_av_delay = 0;
+int osd_show_text = 0;
 int osd_show_sub_delay = 0;
 int osd_show_sub_pos = 0;
 int osd_show_sub_visibility = 0;
@@ -1645,6 +1646,7 @@
 //float num_frames=0;      // number of frames played
 int grab_frames=0;
 char osd_text_buffer[64];
+char osd_show_text_buffer[64];
 int drop_frame=0;     // current dropping status
 int dropped_frames=0; // how many frames dropped since last non-dropped frame
 int too_slow_frame_cnt=0;
@@ -2410,6 +2412,14 @@
 	else
 	  osd_level= v > MAX_OSD_LEVEL ? MAX_OSD_LEVEL : v;
       } break;
+    case MP_CMD_OSD_SHOW_TEXT :  {
+#ifdef USE_OSD
+      if(osd_level && sh_video){
+	osd_show_text=sh_video->fps; // 1 sec
+        strncpy(osd_show_text_buffer, cmd->args[0].v.s, 64);
+      }
+#endif
+    } break;
     case MP_CMD_VOLUME :  {
       int v = cmd->args[0].v.i;
 
@@ -3163,6 +3173,10 @@
 	  osd_show_tv_channel--;
       } else
 #endif
+      if (osd_show_text) {
+	  snprintf(osd_text_tmp, 63, "%s", osd_show_text_buffer);
+	  osd_show_text--;
+      } else
       if (osd_show_sub_visibility) {
 	  snprintf(osd_text_tmp, 63, "Subtitles: %sabled", sub_visibility?"en":"dis");
 	  osd_show_sub_visibility--;
--- MPlayer-0.90-original/input/input.c	Sun Jan 12 19:56:48 2003
+++ MPlayer-0.90/input/input.c	Wed Apr 23 11:26:41 2003
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
   { MP_CMD_SUB_DELAY, "sub_delay",1,  { {MP_CMD_ARG_FLOAT,{0}}, {MP_CMD_ARG_INT,{0}}, {-1,{0}} } },
   { MP_CMD_SUB_STEP, "sub_step",1,  { { MP_CMD_ARG_INT,{0} }, {MP_CMD_ARG_INT,{0}}, {-1,{0}} } },
   { MP_CMD_OSD, "osd",0, { {MP_CMD_ARG_INT,{-1}}, {-1,{0}} } },
+  { MP_CMD_OSD_SHOW_TEXT, "osd_show_text", 1, { {MP_CMD_ARG_STRING, {0}}, {-1,{0}} } },
   { MP_CMD_VOLUME, "volume", 1, { { MP_CMD_ARG_INT,{0} }, {MP_CMD_ARG_INT,{0}}, {-1,{0}} } },
   { MP_CMD_MIXER_USEMASTER, "use_master", 0, { {-1,{0}} } },
   { MP_CMD_MUTE, "mute", 0, { {-1,{0}} } },
--- MPlayer-0.90-original/input/input.h	Sat Dec 28 23:57:38 2002
+++ MPlayer-0.90/input/input.h	Wed Apr 23 11:54:36 2003
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 #define MP_CMD_PLAY_ALT_SRC_STEP 7
 #define MP_CMD_SUB_DELAY 8
 #define MP_CMD_OSD 9
+// maybe someone give the right number and position...
+// but this number and the position are better for other patches :-)
+#define MP_CMD_OSD_SHOW_TEXT 99
 #define MP_CMD_VOLUME 10
 #define MP_CMD_MIXER_USEMASTER 11
 #define MP_CMD_CONTRAST 12