Re: [GTALUG] Odd VLC problem

2021-01-26 Thread Lennart Sorensen via talk
On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 02:03:00PM -0500, Stewart C. Russell via talk wrote: > Looks like they've stretched the main image horizontally. The thumbnail > (which is the same image source) has an aspect of ~1.8. They wouldn't > stretch their wide screens to try to sell more of them, would they ...?

Re: [GTALUG] Odd VLC problem

2021-01-26 Thread Stewart C. Russell via talk
On 2021-01-25 4:24 p.m., D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > > That's a weird picture. > > In it, the monitor has an aspect ratio of roughly 2.4 -- very wide. > The actual monitor should have an aspect ratio of 1.77. Looks like they've stretched the main image horizontally. The thumbnail

Re: [GTALUG] Odd VLC problem

2021-01-25 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk
| From: Evan Leibovitch via talk | The two screens in my photos are each 28" and 4K | , That's a weird picture. In it, the monitor has an aspect ratio of roughly 2.4

Re: [GTALUG] Odd VLC problem

2021-01-25 Thread Evan Leibovitch via talk
On Mon, 25 Jan 2021 at 11:25, Giles Orr via talk wrote: > If you're not tied to 'vlc', try 'mpv' as a movie player. I have both > installed > and used vlc as my main video program for many years, but now mostly lean > to mpv. Can't promise it won't have issues with the layout, but I think >

Re: [GTALUG] Odd VLC problem

2021-01-25 Thread o1bigtenor via talk
On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 10:24 AM Giles Orr via talk wrote: > > On Mon, 25 Jan 2021 at 02:23, Evan Leibovitch via talk > wrote: > > Last week, in an attempt to make my desktop more readable to my ageing > > eyes, I bought a $40 stand and set up my monitors vertically (see 1st pic). > > > >

Re: [GTALUG] Odd VLC problem

2021-01-25 Thread Giles Orr via talk
On Mon, 25 Jan 2021 at 02:23, Evan Leibovitch via talk wrote: > Last week, in an attempt to make my desktop more readable to my ageing eyes, > I bought a $40 stand and set up my monitors vertically (see 1st pic). > > Changing the KDE setup to accommodate this (Kubuntu 20.04 LTS) was easy, and >

Re: [GTALUG] Odd VLC problem

2021-01-25 Thread o1bigtenor via talk
On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 1:23 AM Evan Leibovitch via talk wrote: > > Hi all, > > Last week, in an attempt to make my desktop more readable to my ageing eyes, > I bought a $40 stand and set up my monitors vertically (see 1st pic). > > Changing the KDE setup to accommodate this (Kubuntu 20.04 LTS)