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I'm sure this is a common request but...
currently the aspect ratio is great, but...twould be nice to have an option for 'just fit it to the whole screen current resolution'
Thank you!!!
-=R

nothing? sniff...sniff...

No, this is stupid as it breaks the movie.

No, this is stupid as it breaks the movie.

Elaborate?
-r

In fullscreen mode, vlc does scale to fit the entire screen by default. But, of course, it does it while preserving the original aspect ratio, so that the image is not distorted. That's why black borders are often seen.

If you want black borders to be removed, there is no miracle. Image must be cropped. There are several techniques for that that depend on the kind of video you're playing back.

- use the --crop parameter to tell vlc to fit your screen.
For instance, 'vlc -- crop 4:3' tells vlc to crop any video to fit a 4:3 screen.

- DVD often have extra black borders hardcoded in the source.
If so, the --crop parameter is not enough. The crop video filter can then be used and configured to automatically detect and remove these extra black borders. (see vlc -H for help).

- alternatively, manually switch to 'no scaling' (o hotkey), then increase the video to fit your screen (alt-o hotkey)
With the vlc1.1.x current version, the video now can go beyond the screen limitation, and thus you can manually remove all black borders very easily.

If you want black borders to be removed, there is no miracle. Image must be cropped. There are several techniques for that that depend on the kind of video you're playing back.

I was actually hoping for a "stretch" option (though in reality it is true--the thing is very ugly that way, so might not be useful).
Thanks for the other tips!
-r