I'm trying to find the right video playback application and command line options to do the following:
*have the video open and play at full screen immediately
*not show ANY on-screen controls for any amount of time- or give any other visual indication of the app itself
*close itself after the video has completed
When I say immediately- I basically mean what I have in the second line. The video doesn't have to play instantaneously after the command line is run, but if there is any load time I want ti to be silent/invisible. I just want the screen to cut to the video, play it, and cut out. No animated transition from the taskbar, no showing the application for a second and then switching to full screen- same on close. Is there any application out there that can do this via command line?
I tried this both with wmp and vlc with the command line options I could find. Both open up normally for a few seconds showing the application, and THEN switch to full screen. for WMP the /close option didn't even work at all (and I was using it with /play), and for vlc I couldn't even find an auto close command line option.
The reason i'm looking for this is I want to run a video from within a mame front end (maximus arcade) as part of the auto-boot sequence (a pre-launch to be specific). I've seen this done before by someone else, and the experience looked seemless. You could see a mouse pointer at a few steps which is fine, but the video app did nothing but show the video full screen and close.
Any help with this would be greatly appreciated- thanks!
ok- so it looks like mplayer is the closest option so far. The only thing that stops this from being perfect is that console window that opens... i've tried using -really-quiet, but that just gives less output. Is there any way to run completely without the console window?
You are on the right track with mplayer. See if this works.
First, create a .bat file (you can google .bat files if need be) that contains the lines needed to launch your video in full screen with mplayer and any switches you want. For ease, I recommend placing this .bat file in the same directory as the movie you want to play. Next, create a shortcut to the .bat file. Right click on the shortcut and select the "Shortcut" tab at top. From the "Run" drop down menu select "Minimized", click Apply and then Ok. To run, use the shortcut.
