Bug#699695: gnome-mplayer: should read and use any mplayer configuration file

[Francesco Poli]

On Sun, 3 Feb 2013 19:19:22 +0100 Sebastian Ramacher wrote:

[...]
> On 2013-02-03 18:48:48, Francesco Poli (wintermute) wrote:
[...]
> > I would like to suggest that gnome-mplayer should read and use
> > (or let mplayer read and use) the settings found in ~/.mplayer/config ,
> > so that my preferences for mplayer are enforced within gnome-mplayer
> > too.
> 
> I think "ignore" is the wrong word here. gnome-mplayer just overwrites
> some settings and takes no special care of settings in ~/.mplayer/config
> when special casing some stuff.
> 
> Looking at the source, the video output is the only thing that is
> overwritten. The audio output has a "Default" setting, for example.

My preferred initial volume level (20 %) seems to also be ignored or
overwritten.
When I use gnome-mplayer, I always get an initial 100 % volume, which
is usually annoyingly high.

> 
> It might make sense to add a "Default" to the video output settings,
> though.

Maybe.

At any rate, I think gnome-mplayer should use the settings found in
~/.mplayer/config , unless the user overrules them by configuring
gnome-mplayer's preferences...


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