On 31.10.13 at 4:55, coffeekingms@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 05:03:53PM +0800, Rashif Ray Rahman wrote: > > On 31 October 2013 06:38, kendell clark <coffeekingms@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Since mplayer2 has been deprecated and moved to the aur, i've been trying to > > > find another console video player that will play videos in full screen. > > > > Fullscreen in console requires a trick, AFAIK. In fact, the 'fs' > > option has no major function; 'zoom' does the work, though I may be > > wrong. Append the following options: > > > > -vo fbdev2 == Standard fbdev may not work. > > -zoom -xy WIDTH == Here WIDTH is your maximum horizontal screen resolution. > > -quiet == To suppress the info bar at bottom while maximized. > > -fs == To suppress background output while maximized. > > > > Here's what I use for my 1366x768 screen: > > > > alias climplayerfs='mplayer -quiet -softvol -fs -zoom -xy 1366 -vo > > fbdev2 -ao alsa -af volnorm' > > > > > > -- > > GPG/PGP ID: C0711BF1 > > hi > Thanks for the help. That worked better than my attempts did, although now when I start mplayer with the alias I get the following: > [fbdev2] Screensize is smaller than video size (1600x900 < 1600x1200) > FATAL: Cannot initialize video driver. > I used to run into these issues all the time. Am I missing anything, or is it just not possible to watch videos in console with mplayer? > Thanks > Kendell clark > I have this little script which tries to preserve the aspect ratio, maybe it will work better for you: https://github.com/lahwaacz/archlinux-dotfiles/blob/master/Scripts/mplayer-console
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