Original Size in Fullscreen Mode Doesn't Work
Posted: 06 Mar 2010 18:44
"Non-scaling" fullscreen doesn't work, pressing 'o' or 'z' won't do anything :( (running Mac OS 10.6.2 and VLC 1.0.5 32-bit).
I find it quite curious that I can't find more threads about this as super-HD (>1920x1200/1080, >1080p) screens seem to be getting more popular.
The problem with a computer monitor that size, say 2560x1440 on 27 inches, is that the resulting PPI (Pixel Per Inch, the pixel density) will have you want to display 1080p video in it's actual size rather than scaling it up so it fits the screen. The perceived picture quality decreases as the PPI decrease and only increases as the viewer increases the distance to the screen (considerably), this however is not desirable in the case of a computer monitor.
So it would be awesome to have the option to display the actual size of the video centered in fullscreen mode.
With the surplus of pixels being all black and such :D
With QuickTime X you can do this so surely it must be possible with VLC because (whispering) QT is a little ignorant of certain codecs and containers :p
That's why I use VLC almost exclusively and have really grown to like my VLC play EVERYTHING the way I want it to, until recently, when I moved into a bigger screen (the view from here is amazing btw).
Please can you teach my screen some humility?
I find it quite curious that I can't find more threads about this as super-HD (>1920x1200/1080, >1080p) screens seem to be getting more popular.
The problem with a computer monitor that size, say 2560x1440 on 27 inches, is that the resulting PPI (Pixel Per Inch, the pixel density) will have you want to display 1080p video in it's actual size rather than scaling it up so it fits the screen. The perceived picture quality decreases as the PPI decrease and only increases as the viewer increases the distance to the screen (considerably), this however is not desirable in the case of a computer monitor.
So it would be awesome to have the option to display the actual size of the video centered in fullscreen mode.
With the surplus of pixels being all black and such :D
With QuickTime X you can do this so surely it must be possible with VLC because (whispering) QT is a little ignorant of certain codecs and containers :p
That's why I use VLC almost exclusively and have really grown to like my VLC play EVERYTHING the way I want it to, until recently, when I moved into a bigger screen (the view from here is amazing btw).
Please can you teach my screen some humility?