[Mplayer-advusers] automatic expand

[lanzz at lanzz.org]

On Sat, 26 Oct 2002, Attila Kinali wrote:

> > is there a straightforward way to expand the movie (as with -vop
> > expand) to the aspect ratio of the video mode, without calculating
> > manually the height? like -vop expand=-1:height, but that requires
> > that i first check the width of the movie, then calculate the height
> > (width/1.33333) and use that value for the expand filter. it would be
> > good to have some way to specify in ~/.mplayer/config that i want the
> > movies always expanded, regardless of their resolution, to the right
> > aspect ratio of the video mode. am i missing something?
> 
> If i didnt missunderstand you, you are looking for the -fs switch.

you misunderstood me slightly :) i'm using the -fs switch, but the subtitles
are rendered inside the movie. -vop expand expands the movie with black bands,
and the subtitles are rendered there. i want both features, but -vop expand
cannot scale the movie to the video mode aspect ratio automatically (as arpi
explained), so i'm stuck with calculating the desired height myself every time
i play a movie :(

lanzz
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