[MPlayer-users] Kiosk with mplayer ?

[Attila Kinali]

On Sat, 11 Nov 2006 18:38:12 +0800
Uwe Dippel <udippel at uniten.edu.my> wrote:

> I read the whole man page up and down, but didn't find a solution for my 
> application: playing any video file in a kiosk.
> Problem: The video needs to be at a specific place on the screen, *and* 
> always with a pre-set height.
> I found 'geometry' for placing the output, but that's not enough. The 
> height must be constant throughout all vidoes. As of now, even if I set 
> mplayer for one video, the next will once again come up with its 
> defaults; even on a playlist. 

Wrong oder of options. Options that should be applied
to all files have to be placed _before_ any file.
options placed after files only apply to the last file.
(also known as playtree system)

> I want to go further: defining once and 
> for all that the window needs to be horizontally centered, and extend 
> from (e.g.) 100 pixels down from the top, to 100 pixels above the 
> bottom. That is: setting a default standard height, irrespective of 
> aspect ratio.
> Can this be done ?

-geometry does that.

				Attila Kinali

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