[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] FAQ (was Re: [MPlayer-users] Resizing annoyance...)

[Diego Biurrun]

Gabucino writes:
 > Diego Biurrun didn't RTFM :
 > > No, the corrected one is right.  Mplayer plays the file in the
 > > background and the output is directed into limbo (/dev/null) so that
 > > you can continue using your console.
 > Did you try it? :)

Yeah, I tried it, I am stupid ;-)
Could someone please explain why mplayer needs to read from /dev/null
in this case?  And why doesn't it work when redirecting to /dev/null
and playing in the background?
Thanks for enlightening me.


Diego

P.S.: In any case here is a less controversial patch without the
/dev/null stuff.



--- faq.html.orig	Thu Feb 14 06:32:37 2002
+++ faq.html	Thu Feb 14 06:31:51 2002
@@ -540,6 +540,13 @@
 Update your <CODE>codecs.conf</CODE>
 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
 
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
+The image does not have the right size in fullscreen mode!
+</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
+Use the parameters <CODE>-screenw</CODE> and <CODE>-screenh</CODE> to tell MPlayer
+about your screen resolution.
+</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
+
 
 <TD COLSPAN=3>
 <B><A NAME=5.4><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>5.4. Video/audio driver problems (vo/ao)</A></B>