[MPlayer-users] video overlay problem

[Alexander Schultheiß]

thanks Nicolas, this solved my problem!

solution:
$ xvattr -a XV_CRTC -v 1 //leaves the laptop window blue
$ xvattr -a XV_CRTC -v 0 //switches back

2009/8/19 Nicolas George <nicolas.george at normalesup.org>:
> Le duodi 2 fructidor, an CCXVII, Alexander Schultheiß a écrit :
>> i connected an additional 22" display to my laptop in order to watch
>> movies on it. the second screen shows an exact copy of my laptop
>> screen with the sole exception that when i try to play something with
>> mplayer it shows up on the laptop yet not on the external screen. the
>> external screen displays the mplayer window but it's blue.
>
> The principle of the video overlay is that the video card replaces the blue
> area with the video, after having correctly scaled and converted it. The
> blue is the color key: its use is to carry the information about windows
> overlapping.
>
> I think the following page addresses your actual problem:
>
> http://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/HowToRandR12#VI.3.XVOverlayononlyonedisplay
>
> Regards,
>
> --
>  Nicolas George
>
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