[MPlayer-users] Mouse up events lost in DGA mode, making controls useless

[Vladimir Mosgalin]

On Tue, 29 Apr 2003, Wieslaw Kierbedz wrote:

WK>> This applies to mplayer 0.90 in DGA mode. I also observed it in
WK>> 0.90pre10.
WK>> 
WK>> The problem is that if I accidentally click a mouse button while playing
WK>> a movie through -vo dga, the movie keeps playing perfectly but the
WK>> controls become useless and there is no option except to wait for the
WK>> the file to end or hit the reset button. If playback was paused at the
WK>> time, even the first option is unavailable.
WK>MOUSE_BTN0 is configured in input.conf as menu up command, but you have to
WK>compile mplayer with --enable-menu and run it with -menu.
WK>You can bind other commands to mouse buttons - just in
WK>~/.mplayer/input.conf.
WK>Maybe you compiled menu and do not bind any key to leave it?
WK>Try Escape.

This has nothing related to menu... This bug existed before menu
appearance, IIRC. The solution is simple - to put mouse away when using
dga ;)

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Vladimir