> > > > I have modified my mplayer.sh to use the X output rather than mpegpes, > > so a mplayer window opens up to play the .avi file or whatever. But a > > weird problem occurs. > > Why don't use the "xineplayer" which comes with vdr-xine (see > documentation)? I have been, but it gives no SLAVE control. > > -If xine is running (I use the xine player as my card has no mpeg2 > > decode) the mplayer window launches full screen, but the video is in a > > smaller window with huge black borders > > > > -If xine isn't running, and VDR is using skincurses, the mplayer window > > opens up fullscreen with full screen video fine. > > Only one XV window can be present at one time. Mplayer falls back to -vo > x11, which doesn't support hardware scaling. If you have powerful enough > system, you can enable software scaling with mplayer -zoom option. > Mplayer will still try hardware scaling first, and uses the software > only as a fallback. I've now configured the mplayer.sh to use -vo gl2 which seems to work fine. Thanks for your help.
