[FFmpeg-user] ffplay options for setting audio volume and locating player windows on the screen

[Greg Oliver]

On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 8:46 PM Michael Glenn Williams <
michael.glenn.williams at smartblondeco.com> wrote:

> Hey Ted!
>
> Thank you for responding. Regarding -volume, i'm just putting 30
> without the %.
> Regarding -top and -left, my version of ffplay (the latest MAC OSX download
> from the website)
> Doesn't seem to know these options.
>

Have you tried the good ole tried and true X / XQuartz -geometry options?
I have not used OSX in a very long time (since the switch to Quartz), so
there may be some differences between the old Xorg and XFree nomenclature,
but I imagine those types of options would still be there for initial
window placements and sizes.



> I'm confused why generic options like these would vary from
> build/distribution to build?
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 5:31 PM Ted Park <kumowoon1025 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > > I tried the -w and -h options, which were not found by ffplay. The -x
> and
> > > -y options seem to be the options that set the width and heoght, not
> the
> > > location on the screen. Can anyone tell me how to position the windows
> in
> > > different places on the screen?
> > >
> > > I also tried the -volume option to start out at 30% volume, but that
> > option
> > > also wasn't found.
> > I'm not sure if it's the same across all libraries/OS's, but -left and
> > -top set the distance from left and top of screen respectively, for me.
> And
> > when you specify volume, try not including the "%" sign.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Ted Park
> >