MPlayer aspect stretch when full-screened
Hi :)
When i open MPlayer it opens a console that matches the aspect-ratio of the movie but when i full-screen or even just change the shape of the box then the movie stretches & distorts instead of just using black borders in the areas it can't fill. I feel sure this is some simple on/off config setting that i just don't know where to look for.
Regards from
Tom :)
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- Last query:
- 2009-09-07
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- 2009-09-07
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- 2009-09-06 by Tom
| Tom (tom6) said : | #1 |
Ahhh, the easy answr was to use Gnome-MPlayer rather than MPlayer-
I don't know why i hadn't tried the gnome one before but it solves a few issues :)
Thanks and regards from
Tom :)
| Vihar (vmankov) said : | #2 |
If you right-click on the Mplayer there you have Aspect Ratio...
| Tom (tom6) said : | #3 |
Yes, i don't understand why that right-click option doesn't seem to work. I played around with Gnome-MPlayer last night but it's too heavy. MPlayer itself is barely light enough to play some of the very heavy high-def movies on our Lan here.
Thanks for the answer Vihar :)
Regards from
Tom :)
| Vihar (vmankov) said : | #4 |
Yeah, now I remember I had a few times similar problem, but not only with Mplayer. May be it depends on the encoding of the movie too?
| Tom (tom6) said : | #5 |
I am getting the same thing with both mkv and avi formats but i suspect encoding is different from formats?
| Vihar (vmankov) said : | #6 |
Yes, Tom, it's the same to me.
Certain *.avi doesn't act like other *.avi in media players.
And I see that not only in Linux OSes but in all Windows-es too. Indeed sometimes.
So let the masters of encoding tell us where's the problem.
If we wanted we could trace it... But it costs a lot of time to discover again America or the bicycle. And it's not needed. Just someone knowing to tell us. Us the beginners...
| Tom (tom6) said : | #7 |
Lol, it's all good fun though. I might ask in another forum but i prefer the people in here. People in here do know an amazing amount and it constantly surprises me :)) Certainly it's not worth spending time on something like this when there are people we can help more easily. Thanks for trying :) I think we just let this question get taken away by Launchpad Janitor after about 15days of no-activity in this thread.
Thanks and regards from
Tom :)
| Vihar (vmankov) said : | #8 |
Yes, Tom. Don't worry. Let it go.
And yes! - there are so advanced people in the matter here.
It's good to know it. And we know it - but only know. Trying to help people with my very limited knowledge it sometimes frustrates me.
But I'll go as far as I can help.
Now I'm rereading "The Goblin Reservation" from Clifford Simak (sci-fiction). Give it a try, I think You'll like it.
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