Playing "squeezed 16x9 [HD]" 4:3 video without black bars?
Posted: 27 Nov 2008 05:33
I record my HD downsampled to SD format but stretched vertically so that my 4:3 (standard TV) video image completely fills the screen. When I play these vids and watch them on my HDTV I can just get the HDTV to stretch them out horizontally and get a decent looking 16x9 (standard HD ratio) picture from the 4:3 source that fills my entire 16x9 HDTV screen.
What I'd like to do is get the same sort of behavior from VLC when I'm playing those same vids on my computer. I've tried various combinations of the "crop" and "aspect-ratio" and can't get the same sort of thing to happen.
To recap:
I have a 4:3 vid. It is a recording of a HDTV show that has been stretched vertically to remove the black bars and entirely fill the screen. When I watch that vid on my HDTV I can use the horizontal stretch feature of the HDTV to view a 16x9 vid that fills the entire screen. I'd like to be able to use VLC to watch the same vid on my computer with a similar result. That is, that the window that shows the vid is 16x9 in shape and is completely filled with a picture, no black bars anywhere.
I'm sure its some combination of the crop and aspect-ratio choice, at least I hope it is, and I just haven't figure it out.
Thanks All
Brian
What I'd like to do is get the same sort of behavior from VLC when I'm playing those same vids on my computer. I've tried various combinations of the "crop" and "aspect-ratio" and can't get the same sort of thing to happen.
To recap:
I have a 4:3 vid. It is a recording of a HDTV show that has been stretched vertically to remove the black bars and entirely fill the screen. When I watch that vid on my HDTV I can use the horizontal stretch feature of the HDTV to view a 16x9 vid that fills the entire screen. I'd like to be able to use VLC to watch the same vid on my computer with a similar result. That is, that the window that shows the vid is 16x9 in shape and is completely filled with a picture, no black bars anywhere.
I'm sure its some combination of the crop and aspect-ratio choice, at least I hope it is, and I just haven't figure it out.
Thanks All
Brian