thanks Nicolas, this solved my problem! solution: $ xvattr -a XV_CRTC -v 1 //leaves the laptop window blue $ xvattr -a XV_CRTC -v 0 //switches back 2009/8/19 Nicolas George <nicolas.george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Le duodi 2 fructidor, an CCXVII, Alexander Schultheiß a écrit : >> i connected an additional 22" display to my laptop in order to watch >> movies on it. the second screen shows an exact copy of my laptop >> screen with the sole exception that when i try to play something with >> mplayer it shows up on the laptop yet not on the external screen. the >> external screen displays the mplayer window but it's blue. > > The principle of the video overlay is that the video card replaces the blue > area with the video, after having correctly scaled and converted it. The > blue is the color key: its use is to carry the information about windows > overlapping. > > I think the following page addresses your actual problem: > > http://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/HowToRandR12#VI.3.XVOverlayononlyonedisplay > > Regards, > > -- > Nicolas George > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEARECAAYFAkqMdOQACgkQsGPZlzblTJMc5gCfWgsED7Sj09J6lOSWJw5HkcoA > XTgAoJg2s/qyHBIKBGqiOgmpmfhm5z+a > =9QBf > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > MPlayer-users mailing list > MPlayer-users@xxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-users > -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments _______________________________________________ MPlayer-users mailing list MPlayer-users@xxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-users
