How to force MPlayer to start a video at the center of the screen? Posted on Mar 24, 2018 by Eric Ma In QA How to force MPlayer to start a video at the center of the screen? I assume you are using Linux. Put this line into your ~/.mplayer/config: geometry=50%:50% Check more options in MPlayer manual. Read more: How to play video in full screen and keep it looping with MPlayer? How to run screen on a Linux host reporting “Cannot make directory ‘/var/run/screen’: Permission denied”? How to improve MPlayer video quality? How to capture camera photo/video using MPlayer on Linux? How to improve video rendering quality in MPlayer Video player for iPhone for uploading video files and watching them Manage Linux console screen by commands? How to add a “status bar” to screen on Linux?