How do I change the default configuration of MPlayer movie player?

[Nils Kassube]

Steven Vollom wrote:
> I don't know if this is possible, however, since the purchase of my new
> monitor, I find myself always choosing MPlayer as my movie player,
> because I can change to aspect ratio to 16:9.  My preference would be
> that whenever I wanted to play a movie on the computer, it would
> automatically open with MPlayer as the default movie player, and the
> default aspect ratio to be 16:9.

With your file manager right click on a movie file and select properties. 
Click on the button with the wrench icon beside the file name. There you 
can add Mplayer (if necessary). Then move the Mplayer line to the top to 
make it the default. Click on the modify button and select the program 
tab. Probably the command is "mplayer %u" or something similar. Change it 
to "mplayer -fs %u", i.e. write "-fs" after "mplayer". Then Mplayer will 
always start in full screen mode. It will keep the aspect ratio of the 
movie and put black bars to the top and bottom or to the sides if 
necessary. Finally click "OK" to apply the changes.


Nils