[mythtv-users] Re: Has anyone figured out how to foreground mplayer?

[Mark J. Small]

On January 31, 2005 12:15 pm, Joseph A. Caputo wrote:
> On Sunday 30 January 2005 12:06, Mike Green wrote:
> > >In any event, I don't believe there's any reason why you wouldn't be
> > >able to use Xv.
> >
> > Maybe it was my ivtv module that does not support Xv?
> >
> > Regardless, I have yet to find an answer to the mplayer foreground
>
> question.
>
> > I have persued every google link known to man, and cannot find an
>
> answer.
>
> > Anyone?
> >
> > Would this be a more appropriate question for the developers list?
> >
> > One thing I forgot to mention.  After launching mplayer, the remote
>
> does not
>
> > effect mplayer, but if I kill mplayer manually I notice that the
>
> remote
>
> > presses were acted on by mythtv.  I.e. if I hit stop, mythtv starts
>
> backing
>
> > out of menus back to the exit prompt...
>
> If you're not going to use LIRC (using both Myth's and MPlayer's native
> LIRC support), then your best option is to use a lightweight window
> manager like blackbox, and all of your keyboard focus problems should
> go away.  X is quite quirky about keyboard focus when there's no window
> manager.
>
> -JAC
> _______________________________________________
> mythtv-users mailing list
> mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

For me the answer was to launch a new console something like this:

wterm -e mplayer ....

I forget whether I needed to use quotes or anything like that.

Mark