XVMPEG(1)

NAME
xvmpeg - OpenLook interface to mpeg_play.

SYNOPSIS
xvmpeg [ file_name ]

DESCRIPTION
xvmpeg uses a system() call to mpeg_play to display mpeg-1 files. Any error messages or notices are sent to /dev/console.

NOTES
If your screen depth is greater than 8bpp then you should choose 'color' dithering. Online help is available using the OpenLook help mechanism; see the SETUP section below for more details on how to set this up -- for a quick test, try hitting F1 when you pointer is in xvmpeg (and window manager has focused on the application).

If you want to see the error messages, you should have a xconsole running.

There are a few keyborad accelerators. They are:

q = Quits application;
o = Displays open file window;
p = Play animation;
a = Displays about window.

SETUP
This section explains how to setup your environment so that you may use the OpenLook help mechanism. First, add the following lines to your $HOME/.Xmodmap file:

keysym F1 = Help
keysym F2 = F19
keysym F3 = F20
keysym F4 = F16
keysym F5 = F18

Actually, only the line for the Help (F1 key) is required. The others (F2 thru F5) are for other uses in xview. Once this is done, if you still can't use the OpenLook help facilities, try setting the environment variable $HELPPATH to wherever the info file is located. If you use csh/tcsh try this:

setenv HELPPATH $HELPPATH:/where/ever/the/info/file/is

and if you use bash/ksh/sh try this:

export HELPPATH=$HELPPATH:/where/ever/the/info/file/is

FILES

$HELPPATH/xvmpeg.info
    Used for OpenLook help mechanism.

$OPENWINHOME/man/man1/xvmpeg.1x
    The (beautiful) man page (This file!).

COPYRIGHT
xvmpeg 0.1, Copyright (C) 1995 Alexandre Naaman <hoser@step.polymtl.ca>.

xvmpeg comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions; See the GNU General Public License for details.

SEE ALSO
mpeg_play(1), xview(1).

AUTHOR

Alexandre Naaman <hoser@step.polymtl.ca>