[MPlayer-users] mplayer as screensaver

[jhollind]

On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 10:22:53 -0800, Sycotic Smith wrote
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mark Veinot <vmark at nbnet.nb.ca>
> Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 13:33:45 -0300
> To: "MPlayer user's list." <mplayer-users at mplayerhq.hu>
> Subject: Re: [MPlayer-users] mplayer as screensaver
> 
> > [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> > On Wednesday October 15 2003 1:08 pm, jhollind wrote:
> > > I've been trying this, and I'm only 50% there.  From a prompt it works as
> > > expected, but from within xscreensaver I only hear it, but nothing is
> > > displayed.  My command from xscreensaver-demo is:
> > >
> > > mplayer -vo xv -rootwin -fs -loop 0 /path/to/mymovie.mov
> > >
> > > I tried adding a &> /dev/null to the end, wondering if the mplayer output
> > > was messing it up, but it didn't help.  I'm running MPlayer 1.0pre1-3.3.1.
> > >
> > > Any ideas?
> > >
> > > For whoever plans to use this, don't forget a -loop 0 so it keeps
> > > repeating. I can hear that it pauses during a failed passwd, and starts
> > > back where it left off, which is cool.
> > 
> > Hrmmm you're right. It should work, but it doesn't. I tried it myself, and I 
> > just get a black screen. I'll keep working on it and let you know if I figure 
> > anything out.
> > 
> > -Vic
> 
> Try it from a run prompt and see if that works. Then maybe send to a 
> logfile from xscreensaver and look thru to see if there is a problem 
> with the vo or vc, you might be hitting a wall if the xscreensaver 
> is running as root, but mplayer is trying to access as non-root.  Or 
> maybe xscreensaver isn't giving you access to an xv port? Just a thought.
> 

>From a prompt it works correctly.  The vo: is identical from xscreensaver as
from direct prompt access:

vo: X11 running at 1280x1024 with depth 24 and 32 bpp (":0.0" => local display)

All apps are running as my non-root user.  I'm still digging.

Thanks...


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Jason