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Fix bug with playlist playback. When <stop> is pressed and you shift to another track and press <play>, the track is played twice (before advancing to the next element in the list). Reported by drake ch, drake.ch hotmail com. When shifting to another track, set information that at the end of playback of the current track the next track to be played shall not be determined (!uiGotoTheNext) only if currently playing. That is because the track shifting function itself (which already has determined the next track to be played) will end the playback of the current track (and start the next one) only if currently playing. If not playing, the next track to be played after the end of playback of the current track (determined by the track shifting function) must be determined again (uiGotoTheNext).

lidbha - Direct Hardware Access library
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This library was designed for providing direct hardware access under different
OS'es and architectures, so it's platform- and os-independent.

The main project on the top of libdha is Vidix. It provides userspace
video drivers for Matrox, Ati, 3Dlabs, Trident (and it's still evolving).

For the full list of supported OS'es read the sources, anyway here's a 'reported
as working' list (these platforms are used daily):
 Linux/x86
 FreeBSD/x86
 NetBSD/x86
 Linux/PPC

There are different ways to access the hardware, normally only ROOT can do that.
With root privileges libdha will run fine, but there are some others ways
to use it as a normal user:
1, set the SUID bit on the binary (in this way it runs with root privileges)
2, use svgalib kernel helper (please read the comment in the Makefile)
3, use dhahelper (not yet finished)

The library is based on XFree86 and gfxdump (a utility from the GATOS project)
sources.

Original import and design by Nick Kurshev and Alex Beregszaszi.
Current maintenance and dhahelper by Alex Beregszaszi.
Svgalib kernelhelper support by Matan Ziv-Av.
(for the e-mail addresses see the AUTHORS file in MPlayer)