[MPlayer-users] [BUG] Re: [MPlayer-dev-eng] -xpos -ypos

[Mark Zealey]

On Mon, Feb 10, 2003 at 08:59:30PM +0100, Filip Kalinski wrote:

> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> On Mon, 10 Feb 2003 00:25:54 +0100
> Arpi <arpi at thot.banki.hu> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > > We've been using MPlayer in an automated script for multimedia displays
> > > and need x and y positioning on the screen. We noticed most vo driveers
> > > support it and have added -xpos -ypos options and appropriate mods for
> > > xv and x11 drivers (see attached diff on 0.90rc3). please consider
> > > adding these options to your CVS tree. We'd be happy to apply to other
> > > vo drivers if req.
> > 
> > argh
> > 
> > there is -geometry option already for that purpose since ages
> > do not reinvent the wheel!
> > 
> 
> I have never used it before, so I gave it a try:
> 
> mplayer ~/movies/TheTwoTowers_fs.l.mov -nofs -geometry 0:0
> 
> and... nothing, window is positioned as usual (center of the screen) :-(
> 
> The problem is made by the "nofs" option (I have fs=yes in config).
> When I run it without -nofs window is positioned as it should be (of
> course, after fullscreen change).

Because the driver you used probably doesn't have handling code for -geometry
in.. its only like two lines if you can figure out where to put it and the
driver is coded right...

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