fullscreen preference sometimes

[alpinestars69]

if you have your preferences to start a video in full screen mode what does that really mean? my setting is checked to start in full screen & sometimes it does just that but there are other videos where the player/interface/screen is very small ( like the size of a credit card ) or ( the annoying one ) it opens & is almost full screen & when the video has ended the player is in playlist view & covering your library so basically you have to close it out to get it out of the way.

i guess what i am asking is , is there a way to have all of your videos open, play, close all the same. i can usually get the look i want to see but that is after having to double click & aspect ratio adjust, crop adjust. how can i not have to do a bunch of adjusting on certain video clips every time???

[ajmas]

You want the videos to be played in full screen mode and have their dimensions maximised to fit the screen, and for every video in your playlist?

[alpinestars69]

ok thank you ajmas for your input & so that we understand each other: i want the video to be played in full screen mode ( i am referring to that option in vlc preferences when checked the yellow explanation pop up says that video will start in full screen ) my pref's have this checked yes. and i need to maximize dimensions to fit the screen, every video in the playlist. why i am confused about this is because i have video clips taken on the same day with the same video camera without anything being changed from any of the clips & some will open full screen others will not. any idea what can cause this?? i really do not understand it at all.

now if you would also point me in the right direction to properly max out dimensions i would be appreciated. one last question when you replied that all of the videos in the "playlist" need to be maxed out i just want to be sure, playlist & or library ?? are you saying that if i had say one video not adjusted it can prevent the rest from having full screen ability?? i only want to be sure.

thank you again

[ajmas]

Do you have a couple of samples you could provide that show the differing behaviour, for the video from your video camera?

Normally the video should be maximised, while in full screen mode.

[alpinestars69]

ajmas this is how bad it is. Do you have a couple of samples you could provide that show the differing behaviour, for the video from your video camera?

Normally the video should be maximised, while in full screen mode

i have no idea what you mean by this. samples as in post a couple of clips to show you what i am experiencing or info from the codes etc. of the clips that i am talking about? i really am thanking you for your help & really want to learn this. if there is a source for me to learn this stiff that would be great(tutorials) because i have a lot of questions about vlc.

[ajmas]

a couple of clips, so I can see the differing behaviour.