Video's do not play in correct aspect ratio.

poopboy352 · Dec 31, 2013

Hi,
I have just bought an Lg 29ea93 widescreen monitor with an aspect ratio of 21:9, upon testing it performs perfectly with games and other standard uses but I tried to watch films via windows media player and the aspect ratio is not correct which leaves the screen with huge black borders around the films. if there is anyway to fix this any help would be appreciated, thanks.

HEXiT · Dec 31, 2013

use vlc player in the right click menu you will see options for aspect ratios.
it really is an essential app.

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html no additional codecs needed.

rgd1101 · Dec 31, 2013

the ratio is not standard, you can resize the video but it going to look bad.

poopboy352 · Dec 31, 2013

Would you recommend getting a DVD player to use with the monitor instead of playing them directly from my PC?

rgd1101 · Jan 1, 2014

From http://www.ehow.com/info_8090105_dvd-widescreen-vs-full-screen.html
DVD Widescreen format is 16:9

no matter what, it going to have black border on the side.

HEXiT · Jan 1, 2014

there are no options in WMP for aspect ratio selection unless its a menu option on the dvd itself. so use a different video player that will allw you to change the aspect ratio to fit your screen better. like i said vlc player has options for aspect ratios and is the player i dumped WMP for. a much better product all round.
its legit and its free and probably 1 of the apps that will become your goto app to play video like it is for me. give it a try.

poopboy352 · Jan 2, 2014

I have tried VLC player but it was the same result, and any source I try to watch videos or movies off they do not fit the screen. http://www.lg.com/uk/monitors/lg-29EA93 movies should fit perfectly on the screen but only play in a box in the middle of the screen. Would a DVD player fix this? and would it give better quality?

rgd1101 · Jan 2, 2014

maybe if you have a bluray in the 2.40 format
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2012/07/vizio-s-very-wide-cinemawide-21-9-tv-is-a-revelation-for-movie-buffs/index.htm

poopboy352 · Jan 3, 2014

shouldn't movies fit the screen aspect ratio perfectly? http://www.filmbug.com/dictionary/aspect-ratios.php

rgd1101 · Jan 3, 2014

not if it is not the same ratio. You can do pan and scan or something.
As you link said, your is 21:9, MOST stand high def TV is 16:9. That why they make the DVD to fit that. Some bluray might include 21:9 format.

poopboy352 · Jan 3, 2014

I have just tested a few films using a DVD player and the movies fit the screen perfectly (except for a couple of films), and I thank all of you for contributing to this thread.

biorobot · Apr 14, 2014

HI to all ,
if Yo have Windows XP then in Windows Media Player 11 Yo can change the Aspect Ratio 4:3 , 16:9 or 21:9 manualy. Let the video whit bad aspect ratio play , klick Pause. In menu Now Playing klick More Options , klick on the TAP for propperties CD DVD Monitor and Speakers , klick Monitor then Propperties. Yo see an cirkle whit cross and downonder an smal window whit value 1,000. Change this value to 0,675 then klick OK. The aspect racio is now changed to 16:9.
An second option to chang the aspect ratio in WMP is , write HTML file like this..
<HTML>
<TITLE> Nasa Tv HD</TITLE>
<BODY BGCOLOR="BLACK"</BODY>
<object
id="MediaPlayer" width="640" height="360" classid="CLSID:22d6f312-b0f6-11d0-94ab-0080c74c7e95"
CODEBASE="http://activex.microsoft.com/activex/controls/mplayer/en/nsmp2inf.cab#Version=5,1,52,701" >
<param name="fileName" value="YOURVIDEO.EXT" >
<param name="AllowFullScreen" value="true" >
<param name="Alt" value="vlag" >
<param name="AnimationatStart" value="true" >
<param name="AutoStart" value="true" >
<param name="Balance" value="false" >
<param name="Controller" value="full" >
<param name="DisplaySize" value="true" >
<param name="AspectRatio" value="widescreen" >
<param name="ShowAudioControls" value="true" >
<param name="ShowControls" value="true" >
<param name="ShowStatusBar" value="false" >
<param name="ShowTracker" value="false" >
<param name="StretchToFit" value="false" >
<param name="Volume" value="-1" >
<param name="windowlessvideo" value="true" >
</object>
</HTML>
Copy this file and save this as videotitle.html.
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