[MPlayer-users] mplayer not maintaining aspect ratio in fullscreen mode

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On Thu, 01 Dec 2005 13:23:00 +1100
Michael Salcher <mike at sukkulent.net> wrote:

> Hi
> 
> When I watch videos in window mode in mplayer, the aspect ratio is 
> correct, but when I go into fullscreen mode, the image is stretched. I 
> think this happens because the aspect ratio is not being maintained when 
> the window get's resized.
> My screen's resolution is 1280x1024 and I'm using "xv" for video output.
> Does anyone know how to tell mplayer to maintain the aspect ratio or 
> maybe there's some other way to fix it?
> 

You should provide mplayer output playing the file and full screening
the window.  There might be some useful stuff there...

You can specify -aspect on the command line (see man pages).  I have
the same resolution and xv output without this problem.