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Hi there,

How do i get a divx movie on the phone to fit the whole screen. Im not seeing any settings with the default video player on the N900 to scale the video to fit the whole screen.

It's about the size of a matchbox at the moment.

cheers guys.

Use a video converter....Use aspect ratio 800X480...

Is there not a media player for the N900 which has settings to adjust the aspect ratio without the need to re encode every video?

Appreciate your help!

SiB player does!

enable 'stretch video' in setting

Yes, SiB-player, which is the frontend for the mplayer from the command line. If you want more options, or prefer to use command line, type for a list of options (More than you'd probably care for...)

wicked guys nice 1!!!

Is there a download link to this?

Cheers.

A download link to what?

Provided you have rootsh installed and use sudo to extecute root commands, type

That should install mplayer for you which you then can start from the command line.

Any other program in installable the same way. Alternatively you can use Hildon Application Manager to install these things for you. Be aware though, that HAM is sloooooow.

hi there ive actually just tried that above command and it now says 'Password:'
Is there a default password for it?
thanks.

No there is not. It's a matter of your sudoers file allowing you or not to work without a password as sudo.

The workaround is to simply change your identity to root first via

and then repeat the commands I gave you, but leave out the sudo part. So:

That should do the trick.

If this annoys you for whatever reason and you want to be able to use sudo without the need for a password, you'll have to edit a text file, located over at

In there you'll need to have a line saying

It requires a reboot to bring the change to effect. And ofcourse, this change will have to be done as root.