[Android] VideoPlayerActivity: hack to fix lost overlay controls

[Felix Abecassis]

2014-07-07 16:13 GMT+02:00 Edward Wang <edward.c.wang at compdigitec.com>:

> On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 10:10 AM, Felix Abecassis
> <felix.abecassis at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> If the titles are unnamed in some media, wouldn't they show up unnamed
> >> in all media players? Then VLC for Android isn't missing or breaking
> >> anything.
> >
> >
> > Of course, but my point was: should we keep a simple menu button or
> should
> > we have selection list that might end up totally confusing, for instance:
> > - Unnamed title 0
> > - Unnamed title 1
> > - Unnamed title 2
> > ...
>
> Does VLC for Desktop do this as well for those kinds of media? In that
> case, I'm afraid that then it's not VLC for Android's fault.
>
>
I know, what I'm saying is that we could choose to hide this (lack of)
information by only having a menu button.


> Perhaps have the menu title prominently displayed at the top, so:
>
> -Menu
> -Title 1
>    -Chapter 1
>    -Chapter 2
> -Title 2
>    -Chapter 3
> etc.
>
> The bigger problem is that, as you mentioned earlier, there isn't a
> really reliable way to detect DVDs menus, so I'm not 100% sure it will
> work. It would also be confusing for "Menu" to show up on a MKV or
> something.
>
> Regards,
>  Edward Wang
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