Adam K Kirchhoff wrote:
> On Wednesday 31 October 2007 02:15:36 David C. Rankin wrote:
>> Guys,
>>
>> I discovered today that I cannot play video on the compiz desktop with
>> either kaffeine or mplayer. Both start, but both just show a black
>> screed where the video is supposed to be. Can somebody point me to a
>> link that describes how to cure it? Thanks.
>>
>> Switching back to kwin and the both play fine.
>
> You need to either switch to the x11 output device for those players or use a
> patched version of mplayer which works with the video playback plugin for
> compiz. A patch against RC2 of mplayer was sent to this list this past
> Monday, in fact.
>
> Adam
>
Thanks Adam!
That's all I needed to know. For now, I'll just use kwin when video is
needed (once every couple of months so it is no big deal)
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