How can I make the background dark while watching video?
Solution 1
You can do this with the VLC media player:
- Install vlc
- Load your video.
- Uncheck Video ➜ Scale. This will keep the video the same size when viewed in fullscreen.
- Hit F11 to make VLC fullscreen.
- Hit Ctrl+H to hide the interface.
Solution 2
This is actually not a solution but may I suggest you to use a more advanced player like VLC?
With VLC you can disable scaling with Video->Scale .
Solution 3
Probably a nicer solution is the compiz-plugin dim inactive
which once enabled will fade out all windows except the active one.
Ensure you have installed the package compiz-plugins-extra
To try it out, run ccsm
(compiz-config-settings-manager) and
- enable Dim Inactive found in the Accessibility section
- Press
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Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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LasseLVDBC over 1 year
While watching videos on my desktop(not in browser) I want to make the background dark.
For eg:In the above pic I want everything to be black except the video. I don't want to make it full screen due to the reduction in the quality of the video.
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