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Aspect Ratio Problems!

Postby cap2587 » 03 Apr 2009 21:49

I am playing AVI Movies using VLC Media Player. Having trouble with the Movie not showing up on the entire screen. Some is getting cut off at the top and the botton. I tried changing the aspect ratio to 16:9, but that didn't work. I tried reinstalling VLC again, did not fix it. When I burn the movies onto a disk it shows up the same. I am using Utorrent to burn the movies onto my computer. I have been using Utorrent for quite a while and never had this problem. Does anyone have any suggestions. Thanks

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Re: Aspect Ratio Problems!

Postby VLC_help » 04 Apr 2009 15:05

uTorrent doesn't burn movies. It downloads them. Could you create a screenshot that shows your problem and paste it here (use service like imageshack)?

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Re: Aspect Ratio Problems!

Postby cap2587 » 04 Apr 2009 16:26

I took a picture with Vista's snipping Tool and uploaded it to Imageshack. The link is http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/3138/captureciw.jpg

You can see a small strip of black at the top and bottom where it is cut off. Never use to have that problem. I have tried it on different computer's playing VLC and same problem happens. I used a DIV X Player and didn't have any issues. Let me know any suggestions.

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Re: Aspect Ratio Problems!

Postby VLC_help » 05 Apr 2009 14:26

Could share also comparison screenshot from working player?

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Re: Aspect Ratio Problems!

Postby cap2587 » 05 Apr 2009 14:34

I was wrong and it does happen when I use different media player's. it's only when you try and expand the movie to the entire screen. Could it be the movie, rather than what device I am playing it on that's the problem. I have never had this problem prior to now. Ideas?

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Re: Aspect Ratio Problems!

Postby VLC_help » 06 Apr 2009 16:07

Maybe related to Overlay. Does disabling Overlay video output help?
http://wiki.videolan.org/WindowsFAQ-0.9 ... _output.3F

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Re: Aspect Ratio Problems!

Postby cap2587 » 11 Apr 2009 15:48

Thanks for the good tip. Disabling overlay video really helped and now can see the movie all the way to the top and bottom. Appreciate your help.


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