[MPlayer-users] new option -xinerama

[Tom Bednarchuk]

So I've tried the non-xinerama setup that you describe but although I can
start it up and hear the audio, the video won't play. I get a frozen
picture. I'm still new with X and LINUX in general. Do you have any hints ?

Thanks so far

Tom
----- Original Message -----
From: "dan carter" <dcarter at waitaki.otago.ac.nz>
To: <mplayer-users at mplayer.dev.hu>
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 7:29 PM
Subject: Re: [MPlayer-users] new option -xinerama


> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> Tom Bednarchuk wrote:
> > Has this been put into CVS ?
>
> The -xineramascreen option is.
>
> > Also, will this work with non-xinerama but
> > dual-head setups?
>
> The -xineramascreen option wont work in that setup.
>
> > I don't like xinerama for the irritating way it trys
> > to put everything in the middle of the virtual screen.
>
> It sounds like you are running an old non-xinerama aware window manager.
>   Try updating your window manager or change to KDE or WindowMaker to
> resolve the window in middle of two screens problem.
>
> > I'd like to be
> > able to play video on display0 and control it from the console on
> > display1. Possible ?
>
> Well you do not mention the running the GUI, and doing so would
> complicate things.  It is possible to do what you want with a GUI, but i
> don't think the mplayer GUI currently supports it.
>
> It is quiet easy to run mplayer on screen 1 and have the movie appear on
> screen 2, or vice versa, here is how i do it.
>
> In a xinerama setup i have my xterm on screen 1 and i run mplayer with
> the "-xineramascreen 1" option so that it displays on screen 2.
>
> In a non xinerama setup i set the DISPLAY environment variable in my
> shell to the other screen and then run mplayer.  e.g. export DISPLAY=:0.1
>
> In both these cases i can control mplayer from the xterm on screen 1 (my
> CRT), and the video displays on screen 2 (my TV)
>
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