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I want to watch an exciting announcement while I do other things on my desktop. So, I'd like to have the video play:




  • in a small window

  • hovering over other windows as I move them around ("always on top")

  • (ideally) allow click-throughs

  • (ideally) be semi-transparent



Is this possible with Totem / VLC / anything else?


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Download and install youtube-dl,enable the 'Always on top' plugin in totem, also hide the controls using 'Show Controls' under the 'View' menu, then run:



youtube-dl http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGG_GHYzSLs

totem 'Town Hall Hangout-gGG_GHYzSLs.mp4'


Or, with VLC



youtube-dl http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGG_GHYzSLs

vlc --video-on-top --qt-minimal-view 'Town Hall Hangout-gGG_GHYzSLs.mp4


You can also do the transparency in compizconfig-settings-manager:
Look for 'Opacity, Brightness, and Saturation' settings



There is also apparently a Ghost plugin that used to be available to enable click-through, but I think on recent versions of Ubuntu some things like that have been removed - see here.


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