[MPlayer-users] playing multiple files

[Reimar Döffinger]

On Sun, Mar 04, 2012 at 05:14:49PM +0100, Oliver Seitz wrote:
> Am 04.03.2012 09:37, schrieb meino.cramer at gmx.de:
> >Oliver Seitz<info at vtnd.de>  [12-03-04 09:36]:
> >>>>>Is there a way to tell mplayer "stay tuned"...so there is no
> >>>>>interruption between the files beside what is needed to access the
> >>>>>next file?
> >>>>
> >>>>-fixed-vo
> >>>>
> >>>Simply does not work for me, sorry...
> >>>
> 
> Confirmed, it does not. I've tested -vo gl, gl2 and xv, using
> today's checkout. While with -fixed-vo no new window is created when
> switching over to the next video, fullscreen state is not preserved.
> Fullscreen state is instead set to what's specified on the command
> line, so when it was toggled (using "f" key) it jumps back to the
> state the first video was started in.
> 
> Is this intensional? I think I'd prefer otherwise...

Yes, whatever is specified on the command-line is respected.
A long time ago I posted patches to optionally change this but
nobody volunteered to test so it got lost.