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@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@
are applied after this option.
See ``--geometry`` for details how this is handled with multi-monitor
- setups, or if the ``--wid`` option is used.
+ setups.
Use ``--autofit-larger`` instead if you don't want the window to get larger.
Use ``--geometry`` if you want to force both window width and height to a
@@ -737,11 +737,11 @@
lower border" and "--20+-10" means "place 20 pixels beyond the right and
10 pixels beyond the top border".
- If an external window is specified using the ``--wid`` option,
- then the x and y coordinates are relative to the top-left corner of the
- window rather than the screen. The coordinates are relative to the screen
- given with ``--screen`` for the video output drivers that fully
- support ``--screen``.
+ If an external window is specified using the ``--wid`` option, this
+ option is ignored.
+
+ The coordinates are relative to the screen given with ``--screen`` for the
+ video output drivers that fully support ``--screen``.
*NOTE*: Generally only supported by GUI VOs. Ignored for encoding.
@@ -2343,4 +2343,10 @@
--wid=<ID>
(X11 and win32 only)
- This tells mpv to attach to an existing window.See ``--slave-broken``.
+ This tells mpv to attach to an existing window. The ID is interpreted as
+ "Window" on X11, and as HWND on win32. If a VO is selected that supports
+ this option, a new window will be created and the given window will be set
+ as parent. The window will always be resized to cover the parent window
+ fully, and will add black bars to compensate for the video aspect ratio.
+
+ See ``--slave-broken``.