Video auto-scaling in minimalist view and other problems
Posted: 05 Jul 2017 18:26
Don't know if it's only just VLC for Windows problem, but nevetheless...
I tried to run VLC media player in a minimalistic view on Windows XP SP3, and stumbled upon the following problems. The first main problem, the video is not being autoscaled to the given width and height of the window (640x512), but the window is scaled to the video width and height. So, I have to disable autoscaling (autoscale=0) and then select "Always Fit Window" in the "Video" submenu each time a new video is started. Fortunately, when I close VLC with "Always Fit Window" selected, it doesn't change settings back to autoscale=1 or I would have have to edit the configuration file manually or open certain videos twice.
The second minor problem, there're two windows, one with the video itself and a small useless one. Also from time to time the small window won't close when I close the video window. Is it possible to get rid of it completely or hide it in the system tray by default?
The third minor problem, the "View" and "Tools" submenues are not present in the right-click menue in fullscreen video mode.
Is it possible to fix any of these problems?
Here're my preferences / settings:
I tried to run VLC media player in a minimalistic view on Windows XP SP3, and stumbled upon the following problems. The first main problem, the video is not being autoscaled to the given width and height of the window (640x512), but the window is scaled to the video width and height. So, I have to disable autoscaling (autoscale=0) and then select "Always Fit Window" in the "Video" submenu each time a new video is started. Fortunately, when I close VLC with "Always Fit Window" selected, it doesn't change settings back to autoscale=1 or I would have have to edit the configuration file manually or open certain videos twice.
The second minor problem, there're two windows, one with the video itself and a small useless one. Also from time to time the small window won't close when I close the video window. Is it possible to get rid of it completely or hide it in the system tray by default?
The third minor problem, the "View" and "Tools" submenues are not present in the right-click menue in fullscreen video mode.
Is it possible to fix any of these problems?
Here're my preferences / settings:
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#qt-minimal-view=0
qt-minimal-view=1
#qt-fs-controller=1
qt-fs-controller=0
#embedded-video=1
embedded-video=0
#width=-1
width=640
#height=-1
height=512
#autoscale=1
autoscale=0
#video-deco=1
video-deco=0