[BUG] Re: [MPlayer-dev-eng] -xpos -ypos

Peter McNeil pmcneil at eenvoy.com.au
Mon Feb 10 23:55:18 CET 2003


It only works for -vo xv and x11. But the size setting is broken (in xv
at least) I have a fix.

On Tue, 2003-02-11 at 06:59, Filip Kalinski wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Feb 2003 00:25:54 +0100
> Arpi <arpi at thot.banki.hu> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > > We've been using MPlayer in an automated script for multimedia displays
> > > and need x and y positioning on the screen. We noticed most vo driveers
> > > support it and have added -xpos -ypos options and appropriate mods for
> > > xv and x11 drivers (see attached diff on 0.90rc3). please consider
> > > adding these options to your CVS tree. We'd be happy to apply to other
> > > vo drivers if req.
> > 
> > argh
> > 
> > there is -geometry option already for that purpose since ages
> > do not reinvent the wheel!
> > 
> 
> I have never used it before, so I gave it a try:
> 
> mplayer ~/movies/TheTwoTowers_fs.l.mov -nofs -geometry 0:0
> 
> and... nothing, window is positioned as usual (center of the screen) :-(
> 
> The problem is made by the "nofs" option (I have fs=yes in config).
> When I run it without -nofs window is positioned as it should be (of
> course, after fullscreen change).
> 
> mplayer: current CVS (main)
-- 
Peter McNeil <pmcneil at eenvoy.com.au>
Newton Pty Ltd



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