How to view material with a 2:35-1 aspect ratio (1 Viewer)

[tom101]

Hi,

Is there a way to get a correct aspect ratio when viewing films in a 2:35-1 aspect ratio on a 16:9 screen? All the available aspect ratios in MP leave the image stretched one way or another. I am using ffdshow with the MP internal video player. My TV is a panasonic plasma with a native resolution of 1024x768 connected via VGA. In other players, for example Zoomplayer I can just select anamorphic and I get the correct aspect ratio with black bars top and bottom of the screen. I suppose what I need is a way to expand the image to the vertical limits of the screen but keep the aspect ratio intact. I am using MP version 1.0.0.0.

Many thanks.

Tom

 

[kiwijunglist]

setting aspect ratio to "normal" in MP should achieve this effect by default.

 

[tom101]

Unfortunately it does not. The aspect ratio is correct, but the image is in a small box in the centre of the screen, rather than to the edges. Any idea how to fix it?

Edit: Actually on second thoughts maybe I'm getting mixed up with 'original' and 'normal' I'll check when I get home. In any case right now there is no setting which shows the picture correctly. I read on another post though that someone had a similar problem and fixed it by uninstalling and reinstalling codecs, so maybe I'll try that.

 

[kiwijunglist]

original = original resolution, no scaling
normal = scales video to touch the edge of the screen without altering aspect ratio

 

[tom101]

I think the problem is that even though my TV is 16:9 the native resolution is 1024x768, a 4:3 resolution, so the picture would look correct on a 4:3 screen and in fact MP is doing everything right. What I don't understand is how zoomplayer can show it with the correct AR in anamorphic mode though??

 

[kiwijunglist]

ok, there is an option in MP Configuration (i think under general) that enables scaling, you should enable that.

"In MP go to Settings - Screen Calib. - Screen Calib.
Leave the overscan alone! But press enter/ok until you arrive by Pixel Ratio Adjustment. Now change this until you have a square box (In your case your Pixel Ratio have to be 1,33)
And now everything will be correctly scaled within MP for your TV (including skin and pictures!)"

 

[tom101]

Thanks you very much kiwijunglist! That did it.