Re: [Freevo-users] 1.9.0 issues

[Adam C. <ad...@dv...>]

On Fri, June 26, 2009 11:16 am, Adam Charrett wrote:
> On Thu, June 25, 2009 8:11 pm, Michel Hoogervorst wrote:
>>>
>>> The dialog.x11_overlay_display replaces the default mplayer display to
>>> display a pretty pause and play icon instead of the text messages.
>>
>>
>> Ok, I understand. This should indeed be better looking... but without a
>> progress-bar when seeking, and some info about the selected subtitle
>> when
>> pressing the subtitle-button this is pretty useless... especially when
>> playing a dvd with lots of subtitles it can be an anoyance when you're
>> not
>> able to see which one you just selected...
>
> The overlay display stuff is still pretty much in development and needs
> someone with some artistic ability (ie. not me :-)) to design a nicer
> display for the seeking/pause display. Fancy a go, it should be reasonable
> easy as there is a GUI design tool for the dialogs (freevo osddesigner).
> As for the subtitles, I hold my hands up I didn't think of this as I don't
> use it in video, I'm not even sure mplayer supports outputing this
> information to freevo via the console. I'll have to see if it is possible
> to turn on the mplayer osd just for subtitle selection.
>

Duncan, Michel could you try the attached patch (with the x11_osd_display
enabled) to see if mplayer now displays the subtitles being selected?

The patch was against the latest 1_9_1 tip.

Cheers

Adam