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From:	Iain Buchanan <iaindb@××××××××××××.au>
To:	gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-user] OT - Vidwhacker screensaver and live TV
Date:	Fri, 02 Jun 2006 00:16:35
Message-Id:	`1149206991.21690.15.camel@orpheus`
In Reply to:	[gentoo-user] OT - Vidwhacker screensaver and live TV by Michael Sullivan

1	On Thu, 2006-06-01 at 18:43 -0500, Michael Sullivan wrote:
2	> I have a question about the Vidwhacker screensaver. In the comment on
3	> the Settings tab for screensaver settings in Gnome, it says that
4	> vidwhacker "works really well if you just feed live broadcast TV into
5	> it." I'm a little confused on how to set this up.
6
7	You need to select "grab video frames", not "choose random images", in
8	the xscreensaver advanced tab. (leave the vidwhacker image directory
9	blank also).
10
11	That's if you're using gnome-2.12. For gnome 2.14 you'd be using
12	gnome-screensaver. So far, with gnome-screensaver, you have to edit the
13	vidwhacker.desktop file by hand I think.
14
15	HTH,
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17	Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au>
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Re: [gentoo-user] OT - Vidwhacker screensaver and live TV	Michael Sullivan <michael@××××××××××××.com>