[MPlayer-users] Scaling problems on Windows

[Robert Jenks]

I'm having a problem getting MPlayer (rc1) on windows to scale down 
video properly.   In this particular case I am trying to scale video to 
the best fit within a 480x360 rectangle.  I am using the following 
command line:

C:\> mplayer -noborder -slave -osdlevel 0 -zoom -geometry 640:135 -x 480 
-y 360 preview.avi
...snip...
VO: [directx] 640x480 => 480x360 Planar YV12   [zoom]


The problem is, the video ends up being display at 560x360.  If the 
video I am trying to play is smaller than 480x360 it scales up to 
480x360 exactly.  If the video is larger and needs to be scaled down, 
the video is always 80 pixels wider than it's supposed to be.  In fact, 
if I pass in "-x 400" it plays correctly at 480 pixels wide.  Also, I 
tried this on three different computers and got three different 
results.  In all cases it had problems scaling a video down, but it was 
not always off by 80 pixels.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!  I am trying to get this ready 
for a convention in less than two weeks to run the video theaters.

-Robert