Zoom OUT for fullscreen projection?

Question

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?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

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.

Answer 3

VLC Player - Interactive zoom / Magnify

First go to VLC installation directory and than execute this command

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