Ubuntu – How to configure mplayer to always use VDPAU

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I just learned how to use mplayer to take advantage of VDPAU from the command line with the -vc ffh264vdpau switch.

How do I set that config in my .mplayer/config file so I don't have to remember that long flag every time I want to watch a file?

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Why not just put a list of the video outputs and codecs you want to try in your ~/.mplayer/config file? As in:

##################
# video settings #
##################

# Specify default video driver (see -vo help for a list).
vo=vdpau


############
# Profiles #
############

# The options declared as part of profiles override global default settings,
# but only take effect when the profile is active.

[vo.vdpau]
vc=ffmpeg12vdpau,ffwmv3vdpau,ffvc1vdpau,ffh264vdpau,ffodivxvdpau,
# Most video filters do not work with vdpau.
vf-clr=yes

¹ the trailing comma in each setting tells mplayer to fall back to standard codecs if necessary

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Ubuntu – hide the title bar of MPlayer in gnome

If it's just for MPlayer you could use the -noborder argument.

mplayer -noborder my_video.ogg

Screenshot of How fast.ogg

As a more general option, if you're using Compiz (default), you can:

Install and launch the CompizConfig Settings Manager
Select the Window Decoration plugin and hit the "plus" sign next to "Decoration Windows".
Describe the type of window you do not want title bars on with an "And" relationship, and mark "Invert". For example:

Window Class: MPlayer, And relation, Inverted

Click "Add" and enjoy!

Ubuntu – How to query mplayer about the currently playing song

Something like this crazy script should work:

lsof -c mplayer | fgrep ".mp3" | awk -F"/" '{ print $NF; }' | cut -d'.' -f1

Basically it works this way:

lsof part looks for all open files that are opened because of mplayer
fgrep grabs the .mp3 assuming it is an mp3. I used fgrep because I need the dot symbol to also be taken into consideration.
awk comes in and basically delimits everything based on the slashes from where the files are located and then the $NF takes the last occurrence of this.
Since you wanted the file without the mp3 part I put a basic cut there for it, but this could also be done with the awk.

So now you have a way of grabbing the songs from a mplayer.

Note that the mplayer needs to be running for this to work since lsof checks open files.

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