spec - uninterrupted-video-playback

[Samuel Cormier-Iijima]

Hi,

I think this would be quite a nice feature - things could "grab" the
screen, such as games and videos, which would prevent other windows
from popping up without user input (alt-tab) or permission (settings
dialog). I think however that a better way to go about solving this
would be DBus - it's for things like this it was designed for. This
way, these settings would be per-session. There could be some sort of
DBus well-known name that fullscreen apps request, or a signal that
they emit when they grab the screen (although this might have problems
for new apps joining the bus). Anyways, just a couple of thoughs on
how this could be implemented.

Cheers,
Samuel

On 10/15/06, Sivan Green <sivan at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
>   Using my laptop as a mobile multimedia entertainment device, I
> couldn't not notice the annoyance of fighting with power management
> events, IM pop ups and other visually intrusive queues  while trying to
> watch a DVD or view some trip photos. So I've went away and registered a
> specification[1] regarding this issue as I think it can be solved
> relatively easily and unobtrusively.
>
>   Please note that although the specification proposal doesn't talk
> about background events (like a possible cron updatedb fire up that
> could slow video performance on some machines) I do believe we should in
> a later version of this spec tackle. As those are most, albeit few are
> likely to spoil the user experience without him being able to track down
> the culprit and do something about it.
>
>   I'd be happy if someone would be interested in taking care for it
> during UDS Mountain View so it'll result with a well defined, approved
> specification for edgy+1. Coming out of a personal itch, I'd be
> interested in implementing this once it's fully specified. (I've also
> included an implementation proposal but anyone interested is welcome to
> propose something better)
>
>   Of course your feedback , thought and comments are important. They
> shall be more then welcome.
>
> Sivan
>
> [1]:https://features.launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+spec/uninterrupted-video-playback
>
>
>
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