On 09/07/11 11:32 PM, Eden wrote:
When I try to watch a video it does not cover the entire screen. Sometimes it is a small box playing in the center when it is full screen other times there are large chunks of black space on both sides of the monitor.
Try changing the Video Output. From command line you could use something like "mplayer -vo xv FILE", "mplayer -vo gl FILE". By what you describe it sounds like you're probably using x11 right now.
You can use "mplayer -vo help" to get a list of all video outputs.If you use a GUI frontend for mplayer, there should be a Video Output option somewhere in preferences.
Good luck, George