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I have a home theater setup and the beam is just barely too wide, and I'd like the video to come in a bit. I'm really surprised there is no was to zoom out, as in add black boxing to the video/squeeze it in. Any thoughts?

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With O (key), you set auto-scaling to "Original Size". Then, Alt-O and Alt-Shift-O increase and decrease scale factor.

Take in mind that Alt-O and Alt-Shift-O don't work on "Scaled to screen" auto-scaling.

The hot keys are in this vlc page.

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  • Wow, this actually worked. There is a limit to how small it will let you scale the video, but it's good enough! – prismspecs Apr 09 '15 at 17:53
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    when I use Alt-o or Alt-shift-o the video is also cropped. Is there a way to watch full video in very small window? – Niranjan Kotha Dec 21 '16 at 07:03
  • @NiranjanKotha Alt-O and Alt-Shift-O just scales the image... it doesn't crop it, unless the size of the video is bigger than your screen. Are you sure you didn't touch the C key (cycle video crop)? – Mario Mey Dec 22 '16 at 15:10
  • I am not sure of it but can tell me while working I want to watch videos and work and I discovered that stay on top feature of vlc useful so I reduced the window size of vlc player and then started watching videos but full video is not visible until and unless incease the size of the window (which would distract me of my work). Will Alt-shift-o or alt-o i have no effect. Can you help me – Niranjan Kotha Dec 22 '16 at 21:14
  • Check if "Always fit windows" is enable on Video menu. – Mario Mey Dec 23 '16 at 23:50
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Looks like VLC has a zoom feature under Window > Video effects...

Video Magnification/Zoom In & Out

Another intriguing feature is Video Magnification. Under Geometry tab, enable Magnification/Zoom option, to let it zoom in/out the video. You will see a small window at top left corner with the main magnification control. Fill in the triangle by clicking it to zoom into the video. To view the desired video portion, move the square capturing screen across the box. Zoom example

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VLC Player - Interactive zoom / Magnify

First go to VLC installation directory and than execute this command

vlc --video-filter "magnify" "path/to/video"

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