I am running VLC 0.9.6 on Windows XP.
In viewing .mpg files recorded in Mythtv (on Linux machine) I get a picture starting on the left edge and only going to the right edge of a 4 x 3 display. To the right of that, I have colored bars; very pretty, but annoying. Same display on the Linux box, too, so it seems to be OS independent.
Any ideas?