Ubuntu Full Fram Viodeo Viewer

[Rashkae]

Mark C. Miller wrote:
> I'm a classroom teacher with a dual boot Windows/Ubuntu system.  I have 
> several short videos from You tube (Huck Finn in 4 minutes is great!).  
> When I can get them to work at all in Ubuntu (which is rare), the picture 
> size is restricted. If I show them in Windows XP I get a full frame 
> reproduction through Windows Media Player. On the Ubuntu side I've 
> tried:  xine, vlc media player, MPlayer Movie Player, and movie player.  
> Is there another player for Ubuntu 9.04 (soon to be 9.10) that will 
> handle flv and/or mpeg files and display them full screen a'la Windows?
> 
> tnx
> 
> mcm
>  

I've never had trouble playing you tube videos in gxine, and full screen
there is simply 'F' key.  This should work equally well with vlc and
mplayer.

It occurs to me, since I wrote this, that I have no idea what kind of
hardware you have.  It's possible your video chip is something not fully
supported in Linux, and you're viewing your desktop in just VESA
compatible VGA. In which case, video viewing in general would probably
not work well at all.  Can you watch a DVD movie on your system when in
Ubuntu?

Though why anyone would find you tube quality viewable in full screen is
another matter.