DVD playback resolution

[Craig Orsinger]

On 2001.12.28 07:58:43 -0800 Mike J wrote:
> 
> 
> >On 2001.12.23 16:17:50 -0800 Mike J wrote:
> >> How can I set the fullscreen resolution to fir the DVD resolution
> >> better? Example: my x resolution is 1024x768, but the DVD is only
> >> playing back at 760x572, so the DVD window is real small. When I go
> full
> >> screen, could we change the resolution (Of the screen, not the movie)
> to
> >> something like 800x600 so it will fit better?
> 
> >	Run vlc with the --help command line parameter. It will explain
> >how to set screen resolution, among other things. I use the height and
> >width parameters to control the width of the screen in fullscreen mode.
> 
> I did that, but all I could find was --width & --height, which I already
> use:
> ./vlc --fullscreen --width=720 --height=576

	Have you tried this?

./vlc --fullscreen --width=1024 --height=768

	It works in Xv and SDL, at least on my system (RH Linux 2.4.16,
Matrox G400, X 4.1.0).

> I saw --display, but I could not find any documentation on what this
> does...

	IIRC, it defines what X display you want the vlc player to
appear on. Default is usually :0, I suspect.