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I'm sure that it has been probably posted before this thread, but I had no idea on what a power horse the tablet could be until totololo here came along.

Anyway, I have a load of cartoons (please don't judge my short comings on this) that are 512x384 in size, both original and after the conversion through Handbrake.

When I run them through mplayer, while in full screen mode by default, it stretches the picture greater than this size.

It looks and plays fantastic, don't get me wrong, but it would be nice to view them in it's original dimension while in full screen mode since I'm kind of a pixel purist.

If I minimize it so that the video is in a window, I think that it reverts back to the 1:1 original ratio, but I'm not quite exactly sure on this.

So yeah, is there any way to have it appear normal and in it's correct dimensions and also centered while in full screen mode?

I'm only asking since I can't seem to find an option for this.

Thanks ahead boys!

I'm pleased if i can be of some help, many people on this forum helped a looooot more tablet users than i did until now, as i'm still a nooob

About your video problem :

I don't think the default player can do 1:1.In windowed mode, it's not 1:1, if your video is too big, it's downscaled (and very slow then), and in full screen, it's upscaled.

Maybe you could try another player, like Kmplayer ? But anyway, i'm affraid that your exotic size Anime video will still be too heavy (too many pixels.

My advice would be to scale down a little your video in HandBrake, when converting it, so it maches one of the sizes I tested, following the fps. I guess that 400 x 304 would be good. Then the upscaling will work perfectly.

It sounds like the problem is that it is stretching Addison's video. This isn't something I've seen before with mplayer. Usually it honours the aspect ratio. You can force an aspect ratio on mplayer from the command line or in the config file, but if you do it from the command line, you'll have to run all your videos that way, and if you do it from the config file, all your videos will be forced to that aspect ratio, even the ones that aren't that ratio.

You're speakin' gibberish to me son. *lol*

512x384 is under 20,000 pixels. I think your recommendation is 202,752 pixels if we're just going on the math. So I don't think I'm being too exotic on this unless I'm missing something here.

Hey qole, any chance you have that command line on how to launch a video without any type of aspect ratio corrections while in full screen mode?

It would be interesting to see how these videos look with a pixel perfect display on the tab.

Thanks!

- Sorry for my bad English ! but if i post in french you may not be happy lol !!!

- In my tests, i noticed that it's not only a question of pixels count, i noticed that 30 frames per second videos in 4:3 ratio would not play well above 400 x 304. Maybe it has something to do with the upscaler in the tablet ... So i still suggest you to try 400 x 304.

I'm not sure the aspect ratio of the video you're trying to watch, but it sure sounds like it is 4:3 (square TV) but being stretched to 16:10 (tablet screen).

To watch your video 4:3, use the following command line:

(put the correct path and file name in there of course)

By the way, I downloaded and played your sample Go anime, and it worked perfectly on my N800 in mplayer with no aspect ratio correction needed. I'm not sure why your version is getting stretched.

Because I converted one and stretched it Sorry about that. The problem is in the conversion.

Bundyo, can you give us the details of your video ?
Size, fps, format, bitrate ?
How is it played by your tablet ?

Its almost the same as yours - 576x352 avi mpeg4 one pass. Didn't have the nerve for two passes.

Are you by chance looking for -nozoom mplayer option?