mplayer with mouseover control bar

[Razorholt]

Hi there,

Is it possible to obtain a control bar in mplayer when you mouseover?

Thanks,
- Dan

[pinkie_1]

[mouseover] isn't a valid value. Check out -input keylist...

BTW, what do you understand by 'control bar' ?

[Razorholt]

like a bar that has PLAY, PAUSE, FF, RW etc...

[pinkie_1]

Umm... GUIs ?

Note that play/pause have key bindings, and FF/RW aren't really an issue with mplayer having a well designed and very flexible seeking engine.

[Razorholt]

Can you give me any clue on how to achieve that? I'm trying to build a simple GUI but I can't get that control bar to come up.

Thanks,
- Dan

[celtic_druid]

There is no control bar. As said you can pause/play/skip frames, etc. using the keyboard (also gamepad/joystick or IR remote). If the OSD is enabled then you get a progress indicator. Also there is the OSD menu.

You if you want a popup control bar, then you would have to include it in your GUI.

[pinkie_1]

I'm trying to build a simple GUI
Maybe you could try something like this :
i. read carefully the manual, especially the section concerning skins
ii. dload gmplayer from the main site, and some custom skins
iii. attempt to 'reverse engineer' them, seeing how they are built and how they work
iv. propose your own skin
v. seek help and guidance within the community

[Razorholt]

Yes, I know what you mean and I have downloaded gmplayer and all that. Thing is, I'm building some sort of a GUI with Python. But anyway, I'll investigate a little bit further the OSD menu.

Cheers,
- Dan