SMPlayer Support Forum

Hey folks, new to this player, so I'm sure it's something I missed.

As the title states, my videos only play in the top left corner of the player. I can't seem to figure out how to get them to touch the window from the inside. Below is a screenshot of what I'm experiencing:



As you can see, the video actually plays over top of the players controls. In this screenshot the player is minimized, but I get the same issue in fullscreen as well. In fact, if I switch between minimized and fullscreen, I also see odd artifacting in the area of the player where the video isn't playing. I looked through the preferences, but nothing jumped out to me on how to resolve this issue.

Try a different video output in preferences -> general -> video.

Do you have the same problem if you change the "multimedia engine" in preferences -> general?

I never experienced this problem with the video in the top left corner on Windows.
Is there an error or warning in the mpv log? (menu View)

Yeah, looks like there are a few:

C:/Program Files/SMPlayer/mpv/mpv.exe --no-config --no-quiet --terminal --no-msg-color --input-file=/dev/stdin --no-fs --audio-spdif=ac3,dts-hd,truehd --hwdec=auto --sub-auto=fuzzy --vo=gpu, --ao=wasapi, --priority=high --no-input-default-bindings --input-vo-keyboard=no --no-input-cursor --cursor-autohide=no --no-keepaspect --wid=657930 --monitorpixelaspect=1 --osd-level=1 --osd-scale=1 --osd-bar-align-y=0.6 --sub-ass --embeddedfonts --sub-ass-line-spacing=0 --sub-scale=1 --sub-font=Arial --sub-color=#ffffffff --sub-shadow-color=#ff000000 --sub-border-color=#ff000000 --sub-border-size=0.75 --sub-shadow-offset=2.5 --sub-font-size=50 --sub-bold=no --sub-italic=no --sub-codepage=ISO-8859-1 --vid=1 --sub-pos=100 --volume=100 --cache=auto --screenshot-template=cap_%F_%p_%02n --screenshot-format=jpg --screenshot-directory=C:\Users\Adrift98\Pictures\smplayer_screenshots --volume-max=100 --term-playing-msg=MPV_VERSION=${=mpv-version:}
INFO_VIDEO_WIDTH=${=width}
INFO_VIDEO_HEIGHT=${=height}
INFO_VIDEO_ASPECT=${=video-aspect}
INFO_VIDEO_FPS=${=container-fps:${=fps}}
INFO_VIDEO_FORMAT=${=video-format}
INFO_VIDEO_CODEC=${=video-codec}
INFO_AUDIO_FORMAT=${=audio-codec-name}
INFO_AUDIO_CODEC=${=audio-codec}
INFO_AUDIO_RATE=${=audio-params/samplerate}
INFO_AUDIO_NCH=${=audio-params/channel-count}
INFO_LENGTH=${=duration:${=length}}
INFO_DEMUXER=${=current-demuxer:${=demuxer}}
INFO_SEEKABLE=${=seekable}
INFO_TITLES=${=disc-titles}
INFO_CHAPTERS=${=chapters}
INFO_TRACKS_COUNT=${=track-list/count}
METADATA_TITLE=${metadata/by-key/title:}
METADATA_ARTIST=${metadata/by-key/artist:}
METADATA_ALBUM=${metadata/by-key/album:}
METADATA_GENRE=${metadata/by-key/genre:}
METADATA_DATE=${metadata/by-key/date:}
METADATA_TRACK=${metadata/by-key/track:}
METADATA_COPYRIGHT=${metadata/by-key/copyright:}
INFO_MEDIA_TITLE=${=media-title:}
INFO_STREAM_PATH=${stream-path}
--term-status-msg=STATUS: ${=time-pos} / ${=duration:${=length:0}} P: ${=pause} B: ${=paused-for-cache} I: ${=core-idle} VB: ${=video-bitrate:0} AB: ${=audio-bitrate:0} C:/Users/Adrift98/Desktop/LG Chess 4K Demo.mp4

Playing: C:/Users/Adrift98/Desktop/LG Chess 4K Demo.mp4
[ffmpeg/demuxer] mpegts: start time for stream 1 is not set in estimate_timings_from_pts
[ffmpeg/demuxer] mpegts: Could not find codec parameters for stream 1 (Audio: aac ([15][0][0][0] / 0x000F), 0 channels): unspecified sample format
[ffmpeg/demuxer] Consider increasing the value for the 'analyzeduration' and 'probesize' options
(+) Video --vid=1 (hevc 3840x2160 59.940fps)
(+) Audio --aid=1 (aac)
Using hardware decoding (d3d11va).
VO: [gpu] 3840x2160 d3d11[p010]
[vo/gpu/d3d11] shaderc output:
[vo/gpu/d3d11] input:3: warning: '#extension' : extension not supported: GL_ARB_shader_storage_buffer_object
[vo/gpu/d3d11] shaderc compile status 'success' (0 errors, 1 warnings)
[vo/gpu/d3d11] shaderc output:
[vo/gpu/d3d11] input:2: warning: '#extension' : extension not supported: GL_ARB_shader_storage_buffer_object
[vo/gpu/d3d11] shaderc compile status 'success' (0 errors, 1 warnings)
[vo/gpu/d3d11] shaderc output:
[vo/gpu/d3d11] input:2: warning: '#extension' : extension not supported: GL_ARB_shader_storage_buffer_object
[vo/gpu/d3d11] shaderc compile status 'success' (0 errors, 1 warnings)
INFO_VIDEO_DSIZE=3840x2160
AO: [wasapi] 48000Hz 7.1 8ch float
MPV_VERSION=mpv 0.28.0-524-gdc16d85379
INFO_VIDEO_WIDTH=3840
INFO_VIDEO_HEIGHT=2160
INFO_VIDEO_ASPECT=1.777778
INFO_VIDEO_FPS=59.940060
INFO_VIDEO_FORMAT=hevc
INFO_VIDEO_CODEC=hevc (HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding))
INFO_AUDIO_FORMAT=aac
INFO_AUDIO_CODEC=aac (AAC (Advanced Audio Coding))
INFO_AUDIO_RATE=48000
INFO_AUDIO_NCH=2
INFO_LENGTH=112.979522
INFO_DEMUXER=lavf
INFO_SEEKABLE=yes
INFO_TITLES=
INFO_CHAPTERS=0
INFO_TRACKS_COUNT=2
METADATA_TITLE=
METADATA_ARTIST=
METADATA_ALBUM=
METADATA_GENRE=
METADATA_DATE=
METADATA_TRACK=
METADATA_COPYRIGHT=
INFO_MEDIA_TITLE=LG Chess 4K Demo.mp4
INFO_STREAM_PATH=C:/Users/Adrift98/Desktop/LG Chess 4K Demo.mp4
INFO_TRACK_0: video 1 '' '' yes
INFO_TRACK_1: audio 1 '' '' yes
[vo/gpu/d3d11] shaderc output:
[vo/gpu/d3d11] input:3: warning: '#extension' : extension not supported: GL_ARB_shader_storage_buffer_object
[vo/gpu/d3d11] shaderc compile status 'success' (0 errors, 1 warnings)

Maybe you can use the option "run mplayer/mpv in its own window" in preferences -> advanced -> mplayer/mpv. The video would be in a different window, but you should be able to move it and make it fullscreen.

I finally figured out the issue. At some point I had right-clicked on the SMPlayer icon, and turned on "High DPI scaling override" under the Compatibility section, because the text was so small on my projector. For whatever reason that shrunk the picture down and put it in the top left-hand corner of the screen. I only figured this out when I did it to VLC as well for the same reason. Figured I'd come back and let people know in the unlikely event someone else runs into the same situation.