Bash open mplayer on all desktops (xfce)

corstar · 03-12-2014, 04:29 AM

Hi all,
I have a short script i made to open mplayer in a certain position and on top by default using mplayers built in "on top".

I've aliased it and open video files with it by default but I want to know if it's possible to force the video to play on all desktops without having to change it in the window menu or shortcut.

I should add that I'm using xfce on slackware 14.1

here's the snippet from the script..

Code:

BOTTOM_RIGHT_ON_TOP="-geometry 100%:100% -ontop"
mplayer ${BOTTOM_RIGHT_ON_TOP} "$1"

evo2 · 03-13-2014, 07:31 PM

Hi,

you should be able to achieve this by using wmctrl to set the mplayer window as "sticky".

Code:

wmctrl -r "MPlayer" -b add,sticky

Use xprop to check confirm the window name ("MPlayer" was just my guess).

HTH,

Evo2.