Love Totem

[Suvayu Ali]

Hi everyone,

Just wanted to share my delight when I found what the nifty "always on 
top" feature in Totem can do, confirming my already high opinions of the 
player.

I like to have some video playing in one of the corners of my screen 
while I work, and the "always on top" feature in Totem is ideal for 
that. I had so far noticed Totem would automatically move to the 
background whenever it was done playing some video with the "always on 
top" feature enabled. None of the other players I am familiar with does 
that. And I loved it for that! Especially considering some players like 
VLC even refuse to go fullscreen in a sane manner with not-so-popular 
window managers like WindowMaker when always on top is enabled.

Today I was pleasantly surprised when I found Totem didn't stay on top 
even if the feature is turned on when it is playing just audio! This is 
*beautiful* design. Also love the fact that it is so light weight and 
functional in almost all its design aspects. It is truly a simple "Movie 
Player". ;)

With totem and cli mplayer what else does anyone need? :)

PS: Sorry if people find this post OT.
-- 
Suvayu

Open source is the future. It sets us free.

[Suvayu Ali]

On Tuesday 15 December 2009 04:24 AM, Marko Vojinovic wrote:
>  On Tuesday 15 December 2009 06:08:08 Suvayu Ali wrote:
> > I like to have some video playing in one of the corners of my screen
> > while I work, and the "always on top" feature in Totem is ideal for
> > that. I had so far noticed Totem would automatically move to the
> > background whenever it was done playing some video with the "always on
> > top" feature enabled. None of the other players I am familiar with does
> > that.
>
>  Are you talking about the behavior equivalent to the -ontop option in mplayer?
>  I agree, that can be very handy sometimes, especially if you have a widescreen
>  monitor and can spare a corner. ;-)
>  
Yes, with a widescreen monitor its a very neat feature to use.

For mplayer the particular behaviour I was talking about is kind of moot 
as the window with the video closes when the video ends. So there is no 
unnecessary windows hanging around. But usually for the other players, 
they still hang around staying "on top". Totem is smart enough to know 
the video has stopped playing, hence no point in staying on top of all 
the other windows. :) So intuitive!

>  Best, :-)
>  Marko 
-- 
Suvayu

Open source is the future. It sets us free.

[Marko Vojinovic]

On Tuesday 15 December 2009 06:08:08 Suvayu Ali wrote:
>  I like to have some video playing in one of the corners of my screen
>  while I work, and the "always on top" feature in Totem is ideal for
>  that. I had so far noticed Totem would automatically move to the
>  background whenever it was done playing some video with the "always on
>  top" feature enabled. None of the other players I am familiar with does
>  that. 
Are you talking about the behavior equivalent to the -ontop option in mplayer? 
I agree, that can be very handy sometimes, especially if you have a widescreen 
monitor and can spare a corner. ;-)

Best, :-)
Marko