xv overlay - cinema mode

[Colin Guthrie]

Xavier Bestel wrote:
> I think you can do what you're looking for with Mandriva's new
> compositing window manager: as it enables you to clone windows, you
> could clone your video-out window, and on the one of the screens zoom
> until the video is fullscreen, and voilà !
> 
> Disclaimer: that's all from what I saw in youtube movies, I've never
> tried that window manager, I don't even know if a public beta is
> available. But that means that if you know how to code, you can
> certainly do it as a plugin with beryl/compiz.

For the purposes of completeness, this CWM is Metisse. :)

Col.