Video in a small window -

[Bob Goodwin]

  On 26/09/10 05:39, Marko Vojinovic wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Bob Goodwin<bobgoodwin at wildblue.net>  wrote:
>>   On 25/09/10 23:35, Bill Davidsen wrote:
>>> Bob Goodwin wrote:
>>>>        This computer runs F-13 and XFCE.
>>>>
>>>>        I have two "IP cameras" that provide video streams that I would like
>>>>        to make available in one corner of this wide screen monitor. I can
>>>>        view both cameras using either Firefox or VLC, I normally just click
>>>>        on an icon that brings up the desired camera in VLC but it would be
>>>>        convenient if I could elect to put a small image in one corner and
>>>>        keep it there when required, as when waiting for someone to come in
>>>>        the driveway, e.g.
>>>>
>>>>        Can anyone suggest a means of doing that?
>>>>
>>> I just drop the vlc to 1/4 size with the drop down menu (there's a shortcut,
>>> don't remember it offhand) and then drag and drop the window. I'm probably
>>> missing something, that's the way I watch TV (HDhomerun capture).
>>>
>>
>>         Why didn't I think of that earlier? It's not precisely what I
>>         would like but it definitely works! It requires more
>>         manipulation than simply clicking on an icon but that's no
>>         different than a lot of stuff I do ...
>>
>>         It reproduces the entire VLC window with all the trimmings, all
>>         I actually need is the video image, and oddly I can't reduce the
>>         window width smaller than a certain size, while vertically it
>>         can be closed down to nothing? It can be set as "always on top."
>>         Clicking on "full-screen" immediately switches to a 23" wide
>>         display of the video image only with a small tool bar at the
>>         bottom, a usable feature certainly.
>>
>>         I had hoped to make it use a little less screen area than it
>>         does but this is certainly one solution to my problem.
>>
>>         Thanks.
>>
>>         Bob
>>
> Why don't you just use mplayer? Something like
>
> mplayer -vf scale=64:48 -ontop yourvideostream
>
> or similar. You can put it whereever you want, the only thing that
> gets displayed is the video window (no overhead with controls etc.),
> you can scale it to any width:height you wish, toogle the fullscreen
> just by hitting f on the keyboard, and so on.
>
> In general mplayer is the most powerful video player when it comes to
> custom stuff...
>
> :-)
> Marko

        Neither mplayer or totem will display the mjpeg video stream? It
        was suggested that a codec could be obtained from
        http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/. I found an rpm
        there, installed it but to no avail.

        I probably should investigate mplayer further ...