[MPlayer-users] monitoraspect=1.78

[RC]

On Sat, 09 Apr 2005 12:54:10 -0500
Reshat Sabiq <sabiq at csociety.org> wrote:

> The 
> answer appears to be the 80 extra pixels are unused and left black, 40 
> of them on the left edge, and 40 on the right. Is this correct?

Yes, that's how it should work.

> P.S. I did notice narrow black strips on left and right, and even 
> narrower ones on top and bottom.

MPlayer should only be displaying a black border vertically or horizontally, not both.  Those top/bottom ones are probably part of the DVD video.