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DVD Aspect Ratio problem
As described in a previous post http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=insp_video&message.id=142025
I am having problems getting DVDs using the full screen of my 9300.
I am now of the opinion that this is an aspect ratio issue. The DVD is 16:9, but DMX and WMP appear to think that they are playing the DVD on a 4:3 screen, they are therefore "letter boxing" it within dark strips top and bottom. However my screen is 1440 x 900, much closer to the 16:9 aspect ratio, and hence does not need such wide dark strips.
How do I tell DMX/WMP what aspect ration my screen is? I would have thought they could find out for themselves!
I am having problems getting DVDs using the full screen of my 9300.
I am now of the opinion that this is an aspect ratio issue. The DVD is 16:9, but DMX and WMP appear to think that they are playing the DVD on a 4:3 screen, they are therefore "letter boxing" it within dark strips top and bottom. However my screen is 1440 x 900, much closer to the 16:9 aspect ratio, and hence does not need such wide dark strips.
How do I tell DMX/WMP what aspect ration my screen is? I would have thought they could find out for themselves!
Perl2
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Posted November 11th, 2005 15:00
are at least identical, i.e. widescreen movies only
filling up part of the widescreen computer screen in WMP10.
In my case the problem was the MPEG-2 decoder, I first
used the one delivered with the computer, (some old
version of the Cyberlink decoder), but after installing
a new decoder from Nvidia (also works with ATI graphics
which I happen to have) everything works like a charm.
Nvidia also happens to have a free 30 day evaluation
version downloadable from their website, so it is easy
to try this!
Hope it helps /P