Re: [ubuntu-uk] DVD Xvid playback with zoom/crop facility?

2008-09-19 Thread Tim Dobson
Andrew Oakley wrote: I'm looking for DVD Xvid playback software with a zoom function, under Ubuntu 8.04. At minimum, the ability to zoom in to a 16:9 video which has been recorded as a 4:3 aspect ratio with black bars at the top bottom (letterbox). Ideally, the ability to zoom smoothly in

Re: [ubuntu-uk] DVD Xvid playback with zoom/crop facility?

2008-09-16 Thread Robert McWilliam
On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 09:34:42PM +0100, Andrew Oakley wrote: MPlayer, Totem and Xine do not appear to have this facility at all, although they do play back DVDs very well. MPlayer can do cropping (there are a couple of options depending on which vo you're using or using a filter - search for

Re: [ubuntu-uk] DVD Xvid playback with zoom/crop facility?

2008-09-16 Thread HillarP
Andrew Oakley wrote: [..] MPlayer, Totem and Xine do not appear to have this facility at all, although they do play back DVDs very well. In gxine try: View - zoom in / zoom out and View - aspect ratio In Mplayer (gui) try right clic on picture area - aspect ratio there isn't smooth zooming in

Re: [ubuntu-uk] DVD Xvid playback with zoom/crop facility?

2008-09-16 Thread Colin Wylie
Andrew Oakley wrote: I'm looking for DVD Xvid playback software with a zoom function, under Ubuntu 8.04. At minimum, the ability to zoom in to a 16:9 video which has been recorded as a 4:3 aspect ratio with black bars at the top bottom (letterbox). Ideally, the ability to zoom smoothly in

[ubuntu-uk] DVD Xvid playback with zoom/crop facility?

2008-09-15 Thread Andrew Oakley
I'm looking for DVD Xvid playback software with a zoom function, under Ubuntu 8.04. At minimum, the ability to zoom in to a 16:9 video which has been recorded as a 4:3 aspect ratio with black bars at the top bottom (letterbox). Ideally, the ability to zoom smoothly in small increments to