[mdlug] mplayer full screen

[gib at juno.com]

I started having this same problem when I put in a different video card. I'm using the command line:
mplayer filename -vo x11
But ya know, I just learned to live with it.

-- Raymond McLaughlin <driveray at ameritech.net> wrote:
Deepan Chakravarthy wrote:
> Hi,
>   When I play movies in my Fedora 8 system using mplayer, the movie is
> rendered only in a small portion of the screen. Even with full screen
> option, it does not render in full screen. How do I fix it ?
> 

Are you actually using mplayer (command line) or the gui extension gmlayer?

Either way you might try changing the video driver that the player is
using. In the gui program, click on the "wrench" button on the far left
of the player panel. The warning "Please remember that you need to
restart playback for some options to take effect!" is better understood
to mean you should exit and restart the player for changes to take effect.

On the video tab yu should see a list of available video drivers for
mplayer to use. My list look like this:
> xv
> x11
> gl
> gl2
> dfbmga
> xvidix
> xvmc
On my laptop I have xv selected. It works well so I don't fool with it.
Of course your mileage may vary.

Your selection of driver can affect both several things beside the "full
screen" behavior, such as the ability of screen capture programs to take
screen shot's of playing video.

I hope this helps
Raymond McLaughlin


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