setting the default

[Chillin]

Under video menu, a default setting is listed for aspect ratio, crop and video device... if 'Default' is listed, there should be a way of setting what the default is...

How do I specify my installation of VLC's default crop setting? aspect ratio? video device?

[Chillin]

Someone must know... spill the beans! How do I set default behavior for this application? If I want it to open every file with a 16:10 crop by default... how do I set that?

[ajmas]

I have never done this, but preferences > video looks like a place to start.

[Chillin]

Appreciated, at least for replying. I've checked the preferences, but the settings there don't seem to match up with the menu settings. And there's absolutely no mention of how to set, say, a default crop in the documenation. Where the heck are the vlc gurus?

[ajmas]

My general approach when the documentation is missing is to experiment with the settings and see what gives. In this case the video cropping field appears to be expecting a ratio, of the sort specified in the video -> crop menu. So 1:1 is a valid value.

[Chillin]

I tried putting a ratio in there (16:10) it does nothing. Tells me a ratio is an invalid setting. But it should be a ratio it needs... that's how it works from the menu, so why's it all different in the preferences, and no mention of this in the documentation?

[ajmas]

Not sure what to suggest since this does work for me. I am using 0.8.6b on "OS X".

[Chillin]

Lets make sure we're on the same page...

Is the setting you speak of under

VLC/Preferences/Video/Filters/Crop ?

Where it says "Crop Geometry (pixels)" ?

If not, please be very specific what exactly you are talking about.

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I see now...
under
VLC/Preferences/Video
where it says
Video Cropping.

Thanks much!