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Date:      Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:28:34 -0500
From:      L Campbell <llc2w@virginia.edu>
To:        icemaca <icemaca@gmail.com>
Cc:        ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: vlc & mplayer lost window borders and controls
Message-ID:  <792298050901261128m2cf230a9vf9a00bbf257ee211@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <497DEC99.3070805@gmail.com>
References:  <497DEC99.3070805@gmail.com>

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On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 12:02 PM, icemaca <icemaca@gmail.com> wrote:
> when i try to run both vlc and mplayer from menus, nothing seems to happen.
> from the terminal they run when i include a filename (eg vlc 1233.avi
> ormplayer 1234.avi) but i get a borderless window playing video, and have no
> controls; in both gnome and fvwm.

That's always been the behavior of mplayer for me. I think you have to
pass it the "-gui" flag (or run it as gmplayer) to get the graphical
interface, otherwise you're stuck with the keyboard controls.

<3 keyboard controls.



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