[MPlayer-users] Gluing it all

[Corey Hickey]

Hugo González M. wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> Hello,
> 
> I use a shell script and some tweaking to get the my box to start playing 
> clips as soon as it boots, and keep doing it until I turn it off. However, it 
> always displays the X background (which I set to black) between clips. I 
> don't have a problem with that, except that the cursor (X) centered on the 
> screen is really annoying.
> 
> Is there a way to either 1) remove the X cursor  so that I can play the movie 
> unobstructed using -rootwin  or 2) making mplayer use the same window for the 
> next clip, without letting the X root window show? 
> 
> PS: and no,  the option to not redraw the window doesn't work for this (I 
> don't have it near at hand right now)
> 
> Thanks for any help
> 
> Hugo

A few days ago I was trying to figure out how to hide the X cursor, and
I ran across this post on slashdot:
http://ask.slashdot.org/askslashdot/03/03/01/1945245.shtml?tid=104&tid=152

The solution I used is about halfway down the page; just search for
"xsetroot" and you'll jump right to it. Make sure to read the correction
right afterward, too (the .xbm files are transposed in the xsetroot
command).

-Corey