[MPlayer-dev-eng] fixed-vo in VDPAU

[Serguei Miridonov]

On Saturday 31 October 2009, Uoti Urpala wrote:
> On Sat, 2009-10-31 at 22:18 +0200, Serguei Miridonov wrote:
> > Even with -fixed-vo when playing multiple files mplayer
> > reconfigures the output with every new file. I mean that if I
> > change the display option by pressing 'f' or 'e', or change the
> > window size during playback, when mplayer starts playing new
> > file, it will return to options initially given in a command
> > line.
> >
> > To prevent this behavior, I've made changes in vo_vdpau.c (see
> > attached patch). I know, this is not the best way to fix this but
> > it was easiest to test. Probably it is better to do this at some
> > upper level for all VO.
> 
> Fullscreen has its own option. Currently, when moving to a new file
> every option gets a specific value that is determined when the
>  command line is parsed. Maybe some options should keep their value
>  when changing files instead of using the value determined during
>  commandline parsing, but the right behavior is not obvious.

Imagine, you start mplayer with miltiple files and after a minute or 
so you decide to switch from window mode to full screen and press "F" 
on a keyboard. Even more, you press "E" several times to adjust 
panscan mode. You watch the clip and when it ends and mplayer starts 
to play the next file, it returns to previous window mode. Annoying?

I think -fixed-vo must keep the last mode chosen by user when is 
changed during playback. May be this is very specific but I often use 
to play very short video files (5-10 seconds each) in series. These 
are recorded by HD camcorder and I watch them on my computer. Probably 
other users may also think that -fixed-vo option currently does not 
provide _real_ _fixed_ output.

Comments?