[MPlayer-users] newcomer questions

[Vidar Wahlberg]

> 1. I am trying to play a DVD. When I use mplayer (1.0pre2), the DVD is
> almost full-screen. When I use gmplayer with the same option lines, the
> DVD is quite small, placed in the center of the screen. However hard I
> tried, I could not resize it. I tried -geometry 150%:150%, then -noaspect,
> then -fs, -zoom, etc.
> 
> /usr/local/mplayer-1.0pre2/bin/(g)mplayer dvd://1 dvd://device /dev/dvd
> -vo x11 -vm -ao esd -skin Abyss -geometry 150%:150%
> 
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> 2. I have the following kind of videocard /laptop/:
> VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R250 Lf
> [Radeon Mobility 9000]

In any case you should make sure you got the correct driver for your
videocard. Then try the following:
"mplayer -vo xv -fs dvd://1"

It works on my laptop that got a similar videocard.


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Regards,
Vidar Wahlberg