[MPlayer-users] -vo xv and -wid parameter

[Kevin DeKorte]

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Andrew Savchenko wrote:
>> I'm having issues with the latest SVN code for the last couple of
>> weeks when I use xv as the vo and the -wid parameter with a valid
>> window. I get the error message
>>
>> MPlayer interrupted by signal 8 in module: decode_video
>>
>> If I change the vo to x11 then it works fine. This used to work in
>> 1.0pre7 and seems to be broken in 1.0pre8 and after.
> 
> -wid is NOT supported for -vo xv. Please, read manual:
> ---
> -wid <window ID> (also see -guiwid) (X11, OpenGL and DirectX only)
>    This tells MPlayer to attach to an existing window.  Useful to embed
>    MPlayer in a browser (e.g. the plugger extension).
> ---

Interesting as it has been working for YEARS... all the way back to at
least 1.0pre5 and maybe even before then. It just recently broke.

Kevin
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