[mythtv-users] mplayer scaling

[Nick Rout]

On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 10:48 AM, Captain Krypto <captainkrypto at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the replies...
>
>> have you tried the -monitoraspect option?
>
> Yes, but with no luck.  With the command  "mplayer -fs -monitoraspect=16:9
> video.avi" I get "Unknown option on the command line: -monitoraspect=16:9"
> Has this option been depricated?

leave out the "="

-monitoraspect 16:9

counterintuitive to those used to the linux commandline

>
>> Are you sure the video isn't encoded with black bars?
>
> Yes.  When I switch from full screen mode to windowed mode there are no
> black bars visible in the mplayer window.
>
>>  What does the output of mplayer say about it?
>
>  I don't have the output in front of me (at work), but I do recall it saying
> something about "No suitable new res found!"...  perhaps because I'm forcing
> the resolution with "scale=1366:768"?

again, no "=" I suspect