[mythtv-users] Re: Has anyone figured out how to foreground
mplayer?
Joseph A. Caputo
jcaputo1 at comcast.net
Mon Jan 31 11:15:59 EST 2005
On Sunday 30 January 2005 12:06, Mike Green wrote:
> >In any event, I don't believe there's any reason why you wouldn't be
> >able to use Xv.
>
> Maybe it was my ivtv module that does not support Xv?
>
> Regardless, I have yet to find an answer to the mplayer foreground
question.
> I have persued every google link known to man, and cannot find an
answer.
>
> Anyone?
>
> Would this be a more appropriate question for the developers list?
>
> One thing I forgot to mention. After launching mplayer, the remote
does not
> effect mplayer, but if I kill mplayer manually I notice that the
remote
> presses were acted on by mythtv. I.e. if I hit stop, mythtv starts
backing
> out of menus back to the exit prompt...
If you're not going to use LIRC (using both Myth's and MPlayer's native
LIRC support), then your best option is to use a lightweight window
manager like blackbox, and all of your keyboard focus problems should
go away. X is quite quirky about keyboard focus when there's no window
manager.
-JAC
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