Re: [Mplayerplug-in-devel] Passing Arbitrary Arguments to mplayer

[Catalin P. <ca...@vv...>]

> I have to ask, why do you want to do this? It is too difficult to click
> the fullscreen button, or do you have another reason for doing this...
> just curious. Personally, I would find this annoying when a app takes
> over the fullscreen, without me asking.
I'm using mplayerplug-in for a kiosk-type dedicated computer. We display a 
rotation of announcements, and once in a while, we want a video to play 
fullscreen.

> BTW, profiles do work in mplayer, I just tested them with the SVN code
> and they work just fine. So that is still on the table.
>
> I guess, I'll add that option to mplayerplug-in.conf
>
> profile=profile_id
>
> and this will result in mplayer being passed
>
> - -profile profile_id
Sounds okay to me.

> What is my reasoning for arbitrary arguments? I can't say I have one, I
> just don't like to fill up the code with options that are generic. This
> after is a player for web video for the most part, and so I'm trying to
> keep things simple. I'm not a big fan of an "extra crap to pass" option.
Huh, that's funny, I have the complete opposite view on things. Anyway, 
that's fine, I think the profile option will do nicely.

Thanks,

-Cat