[MPlayer-users] Automatic Video Window Placement

[James Board]

> > That isn't exactly true.  twm can and does
> auto-place windows with
> > many other applications.
> 
> Not video players, I'm sure...

You're sure?  ffplay is a simple video player based on ffmpeg, which is the same code that mplayer uses.  ffplay can correctly place windows on the screen.  mplayer can't. 

> It can.  It just doesn't.  That's how TWM
> works.  If you don't like it,
> use another window manager. 

That isn't how twm works.  TWM automatically places windows on many other applications.  It's just mplayer that has problems. The bug is in mplayer, not twm.  I'm willing to fix the bug.  All I want out of this thread is some help in where to look in the mplayer code.