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How to make Windows Media Player run in 16:10 ?
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Author:  mistating [ 27 Nov 2006, 07:16 ]
Post subject:  How to make Windows Media Player run in 16:10 ?
How can i make videos i watch in windows media player permanently play in 16:10 aspect ? my screen is a Dell 2007WFP using VGA @ 1680x1050
Author:  X-Warrior [ 27 Nov 2006, 19:27 ]
Post subject:  How to make Windows Media Player run in 16:10 ?
Simply select fullscreen.

However, many videos are actually 4:3 format with black bars that are part of the video. Nothing you can do about that. If the video is in real widescreen format, WMP will automatically adapt.
Author:  scortech [ 29 Nov 2006, 21:42 ]
Post subject:  How to make Windows Media Player run in 16:10 ?
Use VLC there you can choose 16:9, 16:10 and so on :)
Author:  DaFox [ 29 Nov 2006, 22:24 ]
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Use VLC

Amen.
Author:  skeeder [ 29 Nov 2006, 23:16 ]
Post subject:  How to make Windows Media Player run in 16:10 ?
vlc is good, another good one is gomplayer.
Author:  lloydo [ 03 Dec 2006, 02:09 ]
Post subject:  How to make Windows Media Player run in 16:10 ?
Media Player Classic is probably the best for this as you can freely pan & scan using the number pad (as well as making your own aspect ratio presets).

I often use it to stretch/zoom 16:9 videos to fit fully on my 2007WFP.
Author:  Gabbo [ 03 Dec 2006, 22:04 ]
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I vote for Zoomplayer. It totally rocks and has tons of options. You can adjust custom aspect ratios on the fly.

X-Warrior is completely correct though. You are at the mercy of what aspect ratio/dimensions that the source was encoded in.

Pet peeve: When someone encodes a widescreen formatted video WITH the black letterbox borders in the video!
Author:  jeffmd [ 11 Dec 2006, 00:21 ]
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vlc makes baby jesus cry.

Zoomplayer on derived mode correctly matches aspect ratios unless the video is badly encoded. But if it is, you can manualy select a view mode to force the video into the correct ratio.
Author:  The_cranky_hermit [ 11 Dec 2006, 01:14 ]
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Pet peeve: When someone encodes a widescreen formatted video WITH the black letterbox borders in the video!

Sadly, that's actually part of the DVD specification! HD-DVD and Blu-Ray, even. It bugs me a lot that in DVD land, 2.35:1 movies are encoded as 16:9 with black bars attached. Why can't they just encode them as 2.35:1 videos and let the player generate the black bars? It's an utter waste of pixels if you ask me.
Author:  X-Warrior [ 11 Dec 2006, 17:48 ]
Post subject:  How to make Windows Media Player run in 16:10 ?
Pet peeve: When someone encodes a widescreen formatted video WITH the black letterbox borders in the video!

Sadly, that's actually part of the DVD specification! HD-DVD and Blu-Ray, even. It bugs me a lot that in DVD land, 2.35:1 movies are encoded as 16:9 with black bars attached. Why can't they just encode them as 2.35:1 videos and let the player generate the black bars? It's an utter waste of pixels if you ask me.


Not really.

The 'black' bars are actually a bit greyish. The result is that black parts of the movie appear darker. This trick improves the perceived contrast, particularly useful on LCD's ;)
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