[MPlayer-users] mplayer as screensaver

[Van Leer]

Thank you, I'll try asap.

Mark Veinot wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> On Friday October 10 2003 12:01 pm, Van Leer wrote:
> 
>>[Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
>>Hi all, I was wandering about using the mplayer as a scrren saver. I
>>would like to show a move during inactivity. Is there anybody who has
>>been successfull doing something like that.
>>I've read all the documentation but don't remember such an argument.
> 
> 
> 
> Try XScreensaver http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver
> 
> Any program that can draw to the X root window can be used as a screen saver 
> module.
> 
> A suitable line to execute mplayer for use in xscreensaver might be:
> 
> mplayer -vo xv -rootwin -fs moviefile.mpg
> 
> --Mark
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