Problem mplayer

doraimom · 05-03-2009, 05:09 AM

hi,
I have installed mplayer in ubuntu, but it's not really working as it should. when I maximize the window, the video keeps the same size! In other words, to make it more clear, I get a full screen window with mplayer, but just a small part of it plays the video, the rest is just blank/black screen.

How can I fix it? Thanks

mbostwick · 05-03-2009, 05:15 AM

Have you looked in your preferences ? Dose this happen with all the videos or just one or 2 ?

H_TeXMeX_H · 05-03-2009, 05:33 AM

What video driver is it using ? It should be using xv or gl. Go into preferences and change it.

What video card and driver do you have ?

doraimom · 05-03-2009, 01:52 PM

I have a GeForce 8600M GS, with nvidia drivers installed.

My video settings are now XV but that changes nothing. I have tried all video settings possible and none of them make the video goes full with the screen.

Quote:

Have you looked in your preferences ? Dose this happen with all the videos or just one or 2 ?

I have tried all possible options in preferences.
It happens with any video in Mplayer. My other video players goes full screen with no problems.

botnet · 05-03-2009, 02:37 PM

try 'mplayer -vo xv -zoom /file/'