sniper7kills Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 Hey All [Mostly Darren], I'm making a Tamagotchi of our Mascot for my High School but am running into a slight problems. The first thing is I'm running ubuntu for this, Everything else will be more or less the same. (I would run it on windows like Darren did, but i need to make a live CD and this will be the easiest, or so I thought) Ive set up ubuntu to auto login my user, and start this script: vlc /home/nphs-user/Desktop/tamagotchi-videos/* -I http --fullscreen --repeat That part is fine, But when I switch videos (using the web interface) the video minimizes and I see the desktop for a second, and then the next video starts in full screen. If this was only for personal use I would ignore it but because it will be displayed in front of some 300+ people it is a problem. I also posted in the VLC forum HERE, But thought Id post here as well. Things I haven't tested: Videos of the same dimensions & Resolution Switching videos through a script (although I don't see this as a cause of the problem) Things I have tested: Videos of the same type @Darren Would you be able to upload your tamagotchi videos? It would be of much help to others, because then everyone wouldn't have to make their own. (Just a thought) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bit Hunter Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 It has to do with how VLC is made. I have been mad at this for a while now (like 4 years). Little workaround: Run Firefox in fullscreen with a blank black page between your desktop and VLC. Remmeber to have all the apps behind firefox while running VLC... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sniper7kills Posted February 1, 2009 Author Share Posted February 1, 2009 Thanks for that suggestion I will try it.EDIT: Apparently there is no command to start ubuntu in full screen mode.... =/ I think ill need to look for another work around. (For anyone who doesn't exactly know what I'm talking about here is a video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hRoXINg0FM) I'm also thinking I could just set the resolution to what ever the video is but that is more of a last resort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bit Hunter Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 Just setting up a black layer between VLC and desktop, that should do the work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sniper7kills Posted February 1, 2009 Author Share Posted February 1, 2009 Just setting up a black layer between VLC and desktop, that should do the work. OK I got it to work ("Hacked" together that is) This is what I did (in case anyone else wanted to do the same): 1) Change background to solid black 2) Remove bottom panel 3) Removed everything from the top panel 4) Changed the top panel to black 5) added the ubuntu menu (this has everything in it even the administration and preferences menus) 6) made the top panel auto hide 7) disable 'keep aligned' on the desktop 8) made my desktop icons as small as possible 9) moved the icons to the far corners of my desktop so they were just barley visable Welcome to your new black desktop! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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