How to Pause an Application When Minimizing a Window?
I'm Following an Excel Video-Course on My Pc, So I Need to Have Both Excel and the Video-Course Program Opened in Two Different Windows to Switch from One to...
I'm following an Excel video-course on my PC, so I need to have both excel and the video-course program opened in two different windows to switch from one to another. I was wondering if there is a way to automatically pause the application running the video-course when I have to minimize its window to work on Excel sheet.
In general, can ubuntu 12.10 allow to automatically suspend/pause/freeze an application when clicking on the 'minimize window' button?
1 Answer
For videos specifically there is SMPlayer that supports the functionality you're searching for. Install it via the software center or by typing in a terminal:
sudo apt-get install smplayer
Then set SMPlayer to pause when minimized by heading to Options -> Preferences -> General -> Pause when minimized:
I am using UMPlayer in that example, but the same procedure works with SMPlayer as well.
Here’s a screenshot from the SMPlayer Preferences dialog:
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