On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 6:59 PM, Reimar D?ffinger <Reimar.Doeffinger at gmx.de> wrote: > Btw. try running MPlayer with -v and look out for a line like >> vo: X11 running at 1360x768 with depth 24 and 32 bpp (":0.0" => local display) > In my case that is the reason for all the issues, the DisplayWidth > is (possibly intentionally) broken it seems, e.g. for me > it returns the resolution I used when X was started, but not the > one that's actually used currently. > In the past (and probably even now if you configure it via xorg.conf) this > would be the size of all xinerama monitors combined, and that's what it > has to be for MPlayer to work. I get something along these lines (output with some parts deleted) it says something like what you mentioned but dont understand how to correct it if this is wrong: vo: X11 running at 1024x768 with depth 24 and 32 bpp (":0.0" => local display) Output: mplayer -v -vo x11 -fstype fullscreen -xineramascreen -2 4_head.wmv MPlayer SVN-r29354-4.4.1 (C) 2000-2009 MPlayer Team CPU vendor name: AuthenticAMD max cpuid level: 5 CommandLine: '-v' '-vo' 'x11' '-fstype' 'fullscreen' '-xineramascreen' '-2' '4_head.wmv' init_freetype Playing 4_head.wmv. [..] VIDEO: [WMV3] 2560x384 24bpp 1000.000 fps 9186.6 kbps (1121.4 kbyte/s) [V] filefmt:6 fourcc:0x33564D57 size:2560x384 fps:1000.000 ftime:=0.0010 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 layers. [x11] Detected wm supports NetWM. [x11] Detected wm supports FULLSCREEN state. [x11] Detected wm supports BELOW state. [x11] Detected wm supports ABOVE state. [x11] Current fstype setting honours LAYER FULLSCREEN ABOVE BELOW X atoms =================================================