[mythtv-users] MythDVD woes (mplayer vs xine)

[Dan Christensen]

Robert Tsai <rtsai1111 at comcast.net> writes:

> Why run a window manager at all? I know there have been lots of posts
> about using ratpoison, fvwm2, etc., but my .Xsession just says:
>
> 	#!/bin/sh
>
> 	xsetroot -solid black
> 	[some other irrelevant junk]
> 	...
>
> 	mythfrontend
> 	[end]
>
> When I start xine/mplayer, they always seem to be on "top", and when I
> quit them, mythfrontend has the focus again (being the only
> application left running).

I tried the above, but when mythvideo launched mplayer, mplayer didn't
have the focus.  When I use fvwm, then mplayer gets the focus until it
stops.  

Dan