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

[Nils Kassube]

Steven Vollom wrote:
> > 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
>
> What did that accomplish?  When I then clicked on a movie it still
> defaulted to kaffeine.
>
> > make it the default.
>
> Where is the default option?

There is the big area marked "Application preference order" with the 
applications which are registered to play your movie. The first one is 
the default application. So if mplayer is below the first line, click on 
the line which says mplayer and click the "Move up" button until mplayer 
is in the top line. If you click OK now, mplayer should be the default 
application for this type of movies.

> > Click on the modify button and select the program tab.

My guess of the English button name was wrong - actually it is "Edit...".

> Since I made the recent changes, I click on SystemMenu and it opens,
> however the choices within the menu will not open.

Do you mean the System Menu beside the K-Menu? And what doesn't open 
there? IMHO that menu has nothing to do with the preference of 
applications for playing movies.

> > 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.
>
> Nils, if I typed in mplayer -16:9 %u would that default the aspect
> ratio to 16:9?

My mplayer version doesn't know a "-16:9" option but it does 
know "-monitoraspect 16:9". With that option the command would 
be "mplayer -monitoraspect 16:9 %u". But it doesn't change anything with 
the movie I have tried. Anyway, did you try if "-fs" gives a usable 
result?


Nils