On Mon, 17 Dec 2007 22:00:10 -0500 (EST), "Andrew Perrin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Mon, 17 Dec 2007, Andrew Malcolmson wrote: > > > I want to xforward mplayer, but when I run it from my remote ssh > > session, it runs in its console mode. > > > > Is there any way to force it to run as a GUI application so it will > > appear in my local X session? I don't see this in the MPlayer docs. > > ------------------- > > Andrew Malcolmson > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Have you tried an explicit -display option? Note that you may have > trouble > with (a) audio on the remote machine; and (b) some of the rendering > engines will probably not work right through a remote X server.
Setting the DISPLAY option didn't do hit, but I did see the answer: mplayer has startup options in the man page not shown in the console 'mplayer --help' where I looked. -gui forces startup in GUI mode. Thanks ------------------- Andrew Malcolmson -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
