[MPlayer-users] X geometry options

[Oliver Seitz]

>
> The man page says that the -geometry option is supported for the x11 video
> driver. 
>
>               NOTE:  This option is only supported by the x11, xmga, xv,
> xvmc,
>               xvidix, gl, gl2, directx, fbdev and tdfxfb video output
> drivers.
>
> My PC has a single video card with a single VGA output, and I'm running
> X.  So, I assume I'm using the x11 video driver.  Is that right?  Will I
> be able to start mplayer and have it place the video window on the screen
> without requiring any mouseclicks?

Probably. I'm not surprised it's not supported on, say, windows. I've just
tried it on a plain X server without any window manager, works fine.

Greets,
Kiste