Videos using xv are too wide

[Ioannis Nousias]

I used to have the same problem with an nvidia card and the binary 
drivers. Mplayer didn't respect the aspect ratio, while vlc did. I had 
lots of changes on my setup, including both the X server and mplayer, so 
I can't really tell what made it go away. Try the latest mplayer from 
svn and she if that helps.

-Ioannis

James Newsome wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Laptop
> Intel 945GM
> 1280x800 LCD
> Driver version 2.0
>
> My laptop's wide screen display has an aspect ratio of 1.6:1 
> (1280/800).  When I play a video using xv output, the video window is 
> too wide.  As an example, a video that should display at a 4:3 aspect 
> ratio in fact plays at a 1.6:1 ratio.  This happens when mplayer uses 
> xv, opengl, or opengl with multiple textures as the output method.  
> However the video plays as expected with x11 output.  Do you think 
> this is a driver issue or a mplayer issue? 
>
> Thanks
>
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