Created attachment 4701 Add an xv toggle checkbox in preferences The --xv command line option works, but it's not at all obvious that there is such a command line option. Most users will never launch parole from a command line and if the default xv output doesn't work, they'll probably search a bit in the preferences window and if they don't find anything relevant, will probably drop parole for something else. Here's a patch that adds such an option in the preferences window. Does the same thing as the --xv command line option does.
Just tested your patch, works as expected. I'll talk to Sean to see whether there's any reason not to merge.
Hi again, we decided to implement this as a hidden option that you can set via xfconf. For us, this seems to be a rare case where it's actually useful so we don't want to put it in the UI as an option (otherwise many who don't actually need it might try it and later complain about it). Anyway, this way you'll have an easy and persistent way of setting this option.
Just wanted to say that this is not so uncommon as you might think it is. It certainly is the case for running parole inside virtualbox and a lot of people run and test distributions and software inside virtualbox. It isn't so uncommon for people to have parole installed without having xfconf installed either. In my opinion, if you want to have a hidden option, the command line is enough, no need to hide it anywhere else.
We (as in: Sean) have recently ported Parole to xfconf, so it's a build-dep now. The main advantage of hiding it there as well is the fact that it's persistent.
All settings are now stored in Xfconf. The setting itself is persistent (and has been for some time) in Parole. Just fire it up with the --xv true/false command and its set. It really doesn't need to be an easily-discoverable option, and from what I can tell, it's not even an option in several media players. So, I'm going to go ahead and mark this as WONTFIX. Thanks!