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Wilco

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Registered: 2008-11-09

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Mplayer stopped working fullscreen on TV

Since a few weeks mplayer has stopped showing movies fullscreen on my TV. It used to show movies fullscreen @ 1024x768 (TV resolution) while my monitor runs at 1280x1024. Now it shows the movie @ 1280x1024.
I'm using a TV connected with S-VIDEO to a Geforce 9 card. Setup is twinview clone mode. xine still works fine for me so I guess it's a mplayer problem. Using -xineramascreen does not fix the problem either

Last edited by Wilco (2009-06-03 14:43:19)

karol

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Re: Mplayer stopped working fullscreen on TV

Sound familiar http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=73310, however bleichmittel wrote (s)he uses mostly vlc.

Last edited by karol (2009-06-03 15:01:01)

bleichmittel

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Re: Mplayer stopped working fullscreen on TV

I 'm not sure, if it is the same problem. On my TV the output is always to large for the Television (not depending on an application, it is to large with desktop-view too and no matter which configs or which resolution I have chosen so far). You could try to choose different resolutions, i. e. you should try to use the same resolution (1024x768) for your TV and your Monitor. Perhaps your xorg.conf would help. How to you switch/activate TV? (xrandr, nvidia-settings, tv is always on, etc.) Btw, do you own a LCD or Plasma-TV?

Last edited by bleichmittel (2009-06-03 16:13:41)

stryder

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Re: Mplayer stopped working fullscreen on TV

When I recently got a widescreen monitor, twinview with clone could not work because the aspect ratios are different. So I switched to running multi-screens, each screen with its own resolution. To watch movies on the TV I invoke "DISPLAY=:0.1 mplayer -fs movie.avi". Works well and I can even use the monitor for other stuff. Using mplayer-29318-1.

Wilco

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Re: Mplayer stopped working fullscreen on TV

When I recently got a widescreen monitor, twinview with clone could not work because the aspect ratios are different. So I switched to running multi-screens, each screen with its own resolution. To watch movies on the TV I invoke "DISPLAY=:0.1 mplayer -fs movie.avi". Works well and I can even use the monitor for other stuff. Using mplayer-29318-1.

So that means I got to run 2 X sessions instead of xinerama?

stryder

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Re: Mplayer stopped working fullscreen on TV

So that means I got to run 2 X sessions instead of xinerama?

That's just what I do. And it works fine for me. I have never used xinerama so wouldn't know what to say about it.

Wilco

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Re: Mplayer stopped working fullscreen on TV

Ok I'll try that one! Would you be so kind to post your Xorg?

karol

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Re: Mplayer stopped working fullscreen on TV

Have you tried this http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php? … 63#p563763

mplayer -screenw 1024 -screenh 768

Last edited by karol (2009-06-04 11:06:31)

stryder

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Re: Mplayer stopped working fullscreen on TV

Ok I'll try that one! Would you be so kind to post your Xorg?

Here you go:

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "Screen0"
    Screen      1  "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0"
EndSection


Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Samsung"
    ModelName      "SyncMaster"
    HorizSync       30.0 - 75.0
    VertRefresh     50.0 - 61.0
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier "Monitor1"
    VendorName "Sony"
    ModelName  "TV"
    HorizSync 30-50
    VertRefresh    60
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "GeForce4 MX 4000"
    BusID          "PCI:1:0:0"
    Screen          0
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device1"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "GeForce4 MX 4000"
    BusID          "PCI:1:0:0"
    Screen          1
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option "MetaModes" "nvidia-auto-select"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes      "1920x1080" "1360x768" "1280x1024"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen1"
    Device         "Device1"
    Monitor        "Monitor1"
    Option "MetaModes" "nvidia-auto-select"
    Option "TVStandard" "PAL-G"
    Option "ConnectedMonitor" "TV"
    DefaultDepth    24
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes      "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
    Option         "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
    Option "DontZap" "False"
EndSection

To watch movies on the TV I invoke "DISPLAY=:0.1 mplayer -fs movie.avi".

Wilco

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Re: Mplayer stopped working fullscreen on TV

Have you tried this http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php? … 63#p563763

mplayer -screenw 1024 -screenh 768

Yes, but that also:
1) stretches the aspect ratio
2) Does not add black bars so I still miss a part on the screen.

Wilco

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Re: Mplayer stopped working fullscreen on TV

A little late, but thanks a lot stryder! It works very good and I also noticed the quality seems better with your setup

Wilco

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Re: Mplayer stopped working fullscreen on TV

One last addition, I noticed my mouse couldn't go to the right-top of the screen anymore. Strange, but I fixed it by removing  RightOf "Screen0" from the config.