I often plug my dual-boot (win8.1/LL2.8 laptop into the TV to play our i-player programmes saved on the laptop's drive.
However I always do playback of the saved programmes on win8.1, as the VLC media player I'm using gives me an excellent full-screen view with this operating system.
With LL2.8, the situation is different: VLC player behaves less satisfactorily - it wont give me a full-screen view: the picture covers the width of the TV screen but does not fill the whole of the vertical axis of the TV display.
So, how can I fix this for LL, as I'm loathe to go to an LL-only (single boot) laptop if VLC wont provide a decent whole screen display on my TV screen when using LL..?
I'm sure there must be a simple tweak here I'm a bit clueless on where to find it... :-[
Mike
However I always do playback of the saved programmes on win8.1, as the VLC media player I'm using gives me an excellent full-screen view with this operating system.
With LL2.8, the situation is different: VLC player behaves less satisfactorily - it wont give me a full-screen view: the picture covers the width of the TV screen but does not fill the whole of the vertical axis of the TV display.
So, how can I fix this for LL, as I'm loathe to go to an LL-only (single boot) laptop if VLC wont provide a decent whole screen display on my TV screen when using LL..?
I'm sure there must be a simple tweak here I'm a bit clueless on where to find it... :-[
Mike
64bit OS (32-bit on Samsung[i] netbook) installed in [i]Legacy mode on MBR-formatted SSDs (except pi which uses a micro SDHC card):
2017 - Raspberry pi 3B (4cores) ~ [email protected] - LibreElec, used for upgrading our Samsung TV (excellent for the task)
2012 - Lenovo G580 2689 (2cores; 4threads] ~ [email protected] - LL3.8/Win8.1 dual-boot (LL working smoothly)
2011 - Samsung NP-N145 Plus (1core; 2threads) ~ Intel Atom [email protected] - LL 3.8 32-bit (64-bit too 'laggy')
2008 - Asus X71Q (2cores) ~ Intel [email protected] - LL4.6/Win8.1 dual-boot, LL works fine with kernel 4.15
2007 - Dell Latitude D630 (2cores) ~ Intel [email protected] - LL4.6, works well with kernel 4.4; 4.15 doesn't work
2017 - Raspberry pi 3B (4cores) ~ [email protected] - LibreElec, used for upgrading our Samsung TV (excellent for the task)
2012 - Lenovo G580 2689 (2cores; 4threads] ~ [email protected] - LL3.8/Win8.1 dual-boot (LL working smoothly)
2011 - Samsung NP-N145 Plus (1core; 2threads) ~ Intel Atom [email protected] - LL 3.8 32-bit (64-bit too 'laggy')
2008 - Asus X71Q (2cores) ~ Intel [email protected] - LL4.6/Win8.1 dual-boot, LL works fine with kernel 4.15
2007 - Dell Latitude D630 (2cores) ~ Intel [email protected] - LL4.6, works well with kernel 4.4; 4.15 doesn't work