Looks like this bug has been around awhile. I love smplayer, but the mouse cursor blinks on every few seconds.
It can be worked around by unchecking the "disable screensaver" option, or alternatively, by installing a vanilla mplayer package:
https://launchpad.net/~rvm/+archive/mplayer
Bugzilla report:
https://launchpad.net/bugs/455073
This problem is still present in Lucid. I've managed to install the vanilla mplayer karmic version, which corrects the issue, but is rejected by the package manager due to dependency changes.
Maybe if we vote this bug up, something will get changed.
This is especially problematic in Lucid with nouveau, because on my machine, the "NV video blitter" is not the default for xv, and the others seem to have vsync issues. So smplayer set to "nv video blitter" seems the only way I can get synced video currently. I might start a topic to link this from the luicid forum. If it seems like a cross post, just delete that one, but it seems relevant for both forums.
-Andy
It can be worked around by unchecking the "disable screensaver" option, or alternatively, by installing a vanilla mplayer package:
https://launchpad.net/~rvm/+archive/mplayer
Bugzilla report:
https://launchpad.net/bugs/455073
This problem is still present in Lucid. I've managed to install the vanilla mplayer karmic version, which corrects the issue, but is rejected by the package manager due to dependency changes.
Maybe if we vote this bug up, something will get changed.
This is especially problematic in Lucid with nouveau, because on my machine, the "NV video blitter" is not the default for xv, and the others seem to have vsync issues. So smplayer set to "nv video blitter" seems the only way I can get synced video currently. I might start a topic to link this from the luicid forum. If it seems like a cross post, just delete that one, but it seems relevant for both forums.
-Andy