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When I open a video with mplayer2 it "scales" to my window size. E.g.

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The original being 720p. When I open the same file with mplayer it displays the video in its default resolution it seems, only cropped:

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I read the manual page and tried the -zoom option, but the results are not what I expected:

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I could maybe use the -xy or some scaling option, but I want the video "scale" to adapt to the window size (if I change the window size I want the video to adapt, like with mplayer2). Is this possible with mplayer?

Alex
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  • If you're open to suggestions, I'd recommend just using the delightful [mpv](http://www.mpv.org/)! – Thor Oct 14 '15 at 05:58

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Ah, good old Age of Empires. :)

You can fit the window to scale as you want through the following command, From Ubuntu's Forum:

mplayer -vf scale -zoom -xy 600 my_file.avi

where -xy 600 is the x axis value. Replace the 600 with desired value you want. Also, you can enter the custom value directly into your mplayer's config file as stated:

you could also put in your ~/.mplayer/config file there are various ways to do it Code:

screenw=600

screenh=400

xy=.5

xy=600

and for fullscreen Code:

fs=1

xCare
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  • Either I did not understand it or it does not seem to work. `xwininfo` show my window size to be 958x538. If I use 958 instead of 600 it has the same effect as only using "zoom". And it obviously does not adapt to the window size. – Alex Oct 11 '15 at 22:49
  • @Alex did you read the Ubuntu forum thread I linked? The details are in there. – xCare Oct 12 '15 at 03:28