view window screen position

[Alan Hawk]

I saw this is mac osx when I did a google search but not windows os. Is it possible to save both my default preferred screen position and size? Right now VLC -usually- gets the upper left corner of the view window where I last left it, but it NEVER gets the view window dimensions right. I always have to adjust them back to where I want them, which, since the aspect ratio never changes, should always be the same. And for videos encoded at higher res, larger aspect ratio, it just pushes the right and lower edges right off the screen. There should at least be some kind of notice that I am viewing in a smaller window than intended but still leave it at my preferred viewing size till I adjust it.

[sfwalt]

I am experiencing the same issue with Win7. Hope someone has a suggestion?

[kodela]

1.
Simple Preferences - Interface Settings:
deselect Integrate video in interface

2.
Advances Preferences - Video:
define Video X coordinate and Video Y coordinate for the top left corner of the video,
define under the version Rincewind Zoom video for example for half size with 0.5,
define under the version Twoflower Video scaling factor for example for half size with 0.5

3.
Do not forget to close the settings dialog with "Save" and start the VLC new.

[Alan Hawk]

no, I don't want to define the WHOLE screen. For example, if it's a 720p image, I want it to start at 720p size, provided it does not exceed the dimensions of my screen based on where my upper left corner is pre-defined to be. If it's default is smaller, for example 480 something, then I only have to adjust the bottom right via the grab and drag thingy to make it as big as I want. What happens currently is that it doesn't always remember where the upper left is supposed to be, and if the video is larger than what will fit in my screen, it doesn't care, just pushes the bottom and right edges right off the screen.

[kodela]

I mean, how do you think is this with the VLC does not realize.

[Alan Hawk]

sorry, that sentence does not make sense.

[mederi]

Tools > Preferences > Show settings = Simple > Interface: [ ] Resize interface to video size

There could be some information about resized video dimensions in status bar. Automatic resizing (if native video resolution is bigger than actual screen resolution) could be also improved by taking into account the position of the player so a part of the video window does not become hidden in the edge of the screen and it should be optional behaviour.

[Alan Hawk]

right, and that is what I have it set to but it's behavior is not consistent. First, the window does not always open where I left the upper left corner last time, and second, it sometimes opens what should be large videos in a window so small you can't see anything at all until you expand it. Then of course you have the problem with large videos becoming hidden at the edges.