[MPlayer-users] MPlayer seems to grab the scaler and not let go

[RC]

On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 08:01:30 -0500
john q public <public at pitchblende.org> wrote:

> Ive noticed that older versions of MPlayer have no problem coexisting 
> with xawtv
> but that the last few incarnations don't play well with others. Now if
> I  use mplayer to view
> a video I can not use xawtv afterwards until I restart X window.  Xine
> does not share this
> issue and so sometimes Ill just use it but Id rather use mplayer. 

This is a very OLD problem.  Most programs have fixed their handling of
XVideo, and a workaround is in the FAQ, IIRC.

Also, please fix your mailer's line length.