[MPlayer-users] Optimize video output from tv card

[Reimar Döffinger]

On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 11:01:50AM +0200, Krzysztof Duchnowski wrote:
> Michael pisze:
> 
> > Anywhere where I can find a simple tutorial on how to setup a slim X server 
> > without gnome/gdm or KDE/kdm? In the end I just need the major part of the 
> > screen been used up my mplayer (640x420) and the rest (640x60) as 
> > information display via python SDL.
> 
> You must decide first what do you want:
> 1. complete *Desktop Enviroment* with "desktop integration" or
> 2. simplistic window manager and nothing more

You need neither, you can just install the x server and pass the
application name to xinit (or add it in .xinitrc).