[MPlayer-users] xinerama full-screen problem, workaround

[The Wanderer]

Michael Holland wrote:

> I have xinerama dual-screen setup - laptop plus a _larger_ external
> one.
> 
> It did have a problem with fullscreen on the second screen: it only
> uses the width of the smaller 1st screen, with the remainder black.
> i.e., mplayer is taking the full 1280x1024 second screen, but the
> video is only show 1024 pixels wide, presumably as it is using the
> width of the first screen.
> 
> Using "-xineramascreen 1" has solved the problem. Perhaps the option
> should be added to the man page and '--help' output please?

That option is already in the man page, in the VIDEO OUTPUT OPTIONS
section; where did you find it, if not there?

MPlayer has no '--help' option, or anything especially similar, so I'm
not sure what you're talking about on that one.

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