mplayer -fs -> bottom border still shows desktop
I've installed Gentoo 1.4.20-r8 on my Athlon XP and I think its great. One of the best distributions I've ever seen.
I've installed mplayer with emerge but when i try playing a movie with "mplayer movie -fs" it does not spread across my entire desktop. The entire screen is as it should be except for a quarter of the bottom. There I just see my desktop. There's even a piece cut of of my movie. When I play a movie and press the f-key to spread it across the screen then everything is just fine. It's not really a problem, but its irritating. :( Does anyone know how to solve this? :scratch: P.S.: Sorry for my bad English. I'm not that good at it. |
If you want fullscreen to be your default you can put it in your ~/.mplayer/config. But that doesn't explain the strange behavior and might not be what you want.
Did you try these 2 options, see manpage for better readability: -fstype <type1,type2,...> Specify a priority list of fullscreen layer setting modes to be used. The available types are: above Use _NETWM_STATE_ABOVE hint if available. below Use _NETWM_STATE_BELOW hint if available. fullscreen Use _NETWM_STATE_FULLSCREEN hint if available. layer Use _WIN_LAYER hint with default layer. layer=<0..15> Use _WIN_LAYER hint with layer number. netwm Force NETWM style. none Don't set fullscreen window layer. stays_on_top Use _NETWM_STATE_STAYS_ON_TOP hint if available. It's possible to negate the modes by prefixing them with "-" The default order is "layer,stays_on_top,above,fullscreen". It will be used as a fallback in case of specifying incorrect or unsupported modes. OpenBox 1.x users have to use -fstype -fullscreen to achieve working fs switching. If you experience problems with fullscreen window being covered by other windows try using a different order. NOTE: See -fstype help for a full list of available modes. -fsmode-dontuse <0-31> (OBSOLETE) (use -fs option) Try this option if you still experience fullscreen problems. ****end quote manpage**** The first one might help, the second one........ 'Dontuse and obsolete in the same sentence'. I tried them, it didn't harm my hardware :-) If your problem still excists after the above, you can try to increase the output that mplayer shows. some extra info: mplayer -fs -v <name_movie> more extra info: mplayer -fs -v -v <name_movie> all info: mplayer -fs -v -v <name_movie> |
Thanks for your reply druuna.
Changing the order of "layer,stays_on_top,above,fullscreen" solved the problem of the missing part of the screen, but the movie isn't on top. Could it be because my wm (gnome 2.4.0) does not support the "STAYS_ON_TOP state"? From the output op mplayer: ========================================================================== X11 opening display: :0.0 vo: X11 color mask: FFFFFF (R:FF0000 G:FF00 B:FF) vo: X11 running at 1024x768 with depth 24 and 32 bpp (":0.0" => local display) [x11] Detected wm supports NetWM. [x11] Detected wm supports FULLSCREEN state. [x11] Detected wm supports ABOVE state. [x11] Detected wm supports BELOW state. ========================================================================== |
I don't use gnome (xfce is my poison), so I cannot answer that question. Maybe there's a gnome specific forum, or the possibility to ask questions on the homepage af the gnome project.
Hope they can help. |
The movie is fullscreen as it should be, but the gnome panels are still above it until I click the on movie. I am having the impression it not a problem with stay_on_top.
I tried all combinations of fstype but it din't solve the problem. The strange thing is that if a combination has the problem of my original problem the panels aren't on top. Only if it solves the original problem the problem with the panels occurs. btw: I found that in if fullscreen in "layer,above,stays_on_top,above,fullscreen" does not stand behind above it solves the problem. I only really like my linux when it's perfectly configured. But that can take some time and patience. |
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