[MPlayer-users] -adapter option on windows

[Morris Beverly]

Hi,

A few years ago I wrote a front end for mplayer and used the -adapter 
option to set the output to the second monitor:

mplayer.exe filename -quiet -slave -osdlevel 0 -idle -fixed-vo -nocache 
-fs -adapter 2

This worked perfectly with mplayer binaries through around 2009.  After 
that with newer versions (oss.netfarm.it/mplayer-win32.php) of mplayer 
the video always played fullscreen on the primary monitor (laptop 
display as opposed to external monitor, set in windows to "extend these 
displays").  I just reverted back to the older versions of mplayer and 
let it go at that.  However, I'm updating some code and thought I'd try 
to sort it out.

Was I using it wrong and it's just caught up with me, or has something 
changed in mplayer related to the -adapter option (or in the way windows 
reports display adapters)?

I've also noticed that fixed-vo doesn't seem to be supported on directx, 
but I thought it used to be.

thanks,

morris

Morris Beverly
http://www.avpresentations.com