[MPlayer-users] mplayer position

Vinay Reddy vinayvinay at gmail.com
Mon Aug 8 00:22:47 CEST 2005


> > > Hi,
> > >>From an mplayer front-end which runs mplayer in slave mode, is it
> > > possible to get the screen coordinates of the mplayer window?
> > >
> > > Here's my need:
> > > If multiple video files are enqueued in a playlist, and a user moves
> > > the mplayer window, I want  to play the subsequent files with mplayer
> > > window at the same position (which comes back to the middle of the
> > > screen by default).
> > Maybe -fixed-vo could help there, although there might be a problem
> > depending on the output driver you're using, and also some problems
> > might arise if the resolutions of the videos you play differ from each
> > other (though I did not test this to confirm)
> >
> I want to remember the previous position even after the current
> instance of mplayer has been closed, so that the next time a user
> starts mplayer (through my front-end), it'll start at the position he
> last placed it at.
> 

Sorry for bugging again, but is the above possible in mplayer?

Thanks in advance,

Vinay Reddy




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