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On Oct 30, 2003, at 5:09 pm, Ian Leitch wrote: |
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> An extension to Nautilus's video playback abilities that allows videos, |
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> live streams(conferences, web cam, security video) etc, to be shrunk to |
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> icon size (or a user defined size) and given a small caption just like |
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> an icon's title, the video should also shed its window and sound muted. |
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I was watching a video on my Mac last night, and was noticably |
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impressed with the way Expose handled it. |
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It seemed a little juddery scaling between full size & preview (whilst |
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scaling several other windows at the same time) but I can't reproduce |
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that now - it's *absolutely* smooth. Videos continue to play as they |
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resize so that all windows fit on the screen, and when animation |
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squashes them minimised [1]. As long as they're being playing in the |
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QuickTime player they also continue to play as a 5mm - 30mm icon in the |
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dock. |
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The key words are that Mac OS X allows "arbitrary transformations on |
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windows". I'm not sure how useful it is to be able to shrink moving |
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video to icon-size, and I'd agree with anyone that says that the Genie |
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effect in my screenshots is no more than a gimmick, but with the recent |
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release of OS X.2.3 & it's Expose function - you probably have to try |
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it before you appreciate it - but now it's a fantastically useful tool. |
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I think that anything like this is a hell of a task within the current |
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framework of X, however. |
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Stroller. |
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[1] See http://mac.stroller.uk.eu.org/Genie1.jpg |
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http://mac.stroller.uk.eu.org/Genie2.jpg |
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http://mac.stroller.uk.eu.org/Genie4.jpg |
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http://mac.stroller.uk.eu.org/Genie4.jpg |
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