Bug#699394: gnome-mplayer: [Ctrl+T] fails to take screenshot

[Sebastian Ramacher]

Control: reassign -1 libgmtk1 1.0.7-1
Control: retitle -1 gmtk: silently fails to take screenshots
Control: tags -1 + upstream fixed-upstream patch

The code to take the screenshots is in gtmk, hence I'm reassigning it to
gmtk. The patch to display an error message if mplayer failed to take a
screenshot is attached. This patch has been applied upstream.

On 2013-02-01 19:25:03, Francesco Poli wrote:
> > > I've installed mplayer (instead of mplayer2) to
> > > check if that might be a problem and in fact it is. With mplayer I can
> > > see the same error message in the log.
> 
> Woah!  I hadn't noticed the mplayer2 package in Debian!
> Shame on me: I see that it's in testing since 2011...
> 
> Is it mature enough to replace mplayer?

I haven't had any problems with it so far.

> > My analysis is wrong. It also depends on the video output used. In any
> > case, an error message would be appropriate.
> 
> In this case, maybe my mplayer configuration can help to pinpoint the
> issue:
> 
>   $ cat ~/.mplayer/config 
>   [default]
>   ao=jack,alsa
>   volume=20 
>   vo=xv

There is some special casing based on the selected vo, but the vo
selected in ~/.mplayer/config is ignored in gnome-mplayer. So there are
some things left I want you to try: explicitly select the vo in
gnome-mplayer's preferences, try to take a screenshot with both mplayer
and mplayer2 and maybe also try another vo.

I'm not familiar enough with all the quirks of the different video
outputs, so I need to rely on upstream's understanding of them.

Regards
-- 
Sebastian Ramacher
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