[MPlayer-users] mplayer general control missing options

[Bennett]

On 08/10/05, Jerry Geis <geisj at pagestation.com> wrote:
>
> On 2005/10/07, at 23:35, Jerry Geis wrote:
>
> >>/ all,
> />>/
> />>/ looks like there is no way under general control to minimoze or
> />>/ maximize the mindow?
> />/> Have I missed it and can it be added?
> />>/
> />/ >Jerry
> /
> >It depends on what you mean by "minimize" or "maximize". If you mean
> >efering to what you do with windows in windows or linux then yes and
> >no. If you hit the f key while playing it will expand the window to
> p>laying in full screen and you press f again to go back to normal size.
> >I'm not familiar to how the mplayer window looks in linux or windows,
> >but you should be able to "minimize" it by hitting a button in the top
> >left or top right corner of the window, at least thats how you do it on
> >Mac OS X.
>
> Sorry I wasnt more specific. I am using linux and the behavior of the upper
> right corner is what I want to emulate.

I'm assuming you're talking about windows media player or winamp or
something here. There's no minimise button in mplayer when fullscreen.

> I dont want to see any video when I minimize the mplayer (not just
> a toggle between full screen and not fullscreen). Then when I
> maximize it it will come back to full screen.

I don't think this is possible with a single keypress. You can,
however, use "f" key to switch from fullscreen to windowed mode, then
minimise it as you would any other window. You might also want to
pause playback before minimising it (press space).

Mplayer's graphical interface is a pretty poor one when compared to
wmp, xine, winamp, etc. However, all the funtionality needed can be
accessed on the keyboard. Once you get used to it, this method is IMHO
way better than most graphical interfaces (especially windows media
player).

Examples: space = pause, f = toggle fullscreen, left/right arrow keys
= skip forward/backward ~10secs, d = toggle framedropping. See the
mplayer manpage for a complete list.

Bennett.