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    dvd viewing with black bars...

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by LuckMC11, Aug 6, 2005.

  1. LuckMC11

    LuckMC11 Computer Extraoirdinaire NBR Reviewer

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    hey..i got the black bars on the side to go away with cyberlink dvd player on my laptop...they got annoying and i set the settings to "stretch" for a 4:3 movie..and it's full screen now..but i was wondering if i could do it for other players as well...like Windows Media Player 10 or VLC Media player...??i like them more than cyberlink
     
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    I always liked PowerDVD the best, not sure on the others.
     
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    ur not sure if the other programs can strech 4:3 movies??
     
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    PowerDVD has a feature to not maintain aspect ratio. I don't think Media Player has this capability. I'm not sure what other players have, but this option in PowerDVD allows you to stretch movies to fit a screen. It also has this cool feature called CLPV (Cyberlink Pano Vision) that will perform a "smart" strtech/compression of the image so it looks correct on different screens (wide or 4:3).

    http://www.gocyberlink.com/english/products/powerdvd/5/tutorials/about_clpv.jsp

    Not sure if any other player has this feature, so you may have to use PowerDVD for now.

    -Vb-
     
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    You can adjust media player by going to Start> All Programs> Accessories > Entertainment> Media Center> Media Center Programs> CyberLink Settings. Set the Video Stretching to CLPV. Also, in my opinion, CLEV is the best looking Video Enhancement.
     
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    i was wondering wat CLPV was...wasn't sure so i didn't set it to that..thanks for that info :D
     
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    It's just a more advanced way of stretching the picture so that some images don't look as distorted or well...stretched for a lack of a better term. I use it with MCE and find it gives me the best picture.
     
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    ok..thanks..i'll try it out later.. :D
     
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    whats the criteria of the file media for the clpv to become active? I tried my powerdvd version 5 after reading this thread but the clpv function was grey on most of my media clips with only the disregard 4:3 aspect ratio active (it did make it full screen on my 15.4 widescreen though).
     
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    Ifie,

    I believe you have to be watching a DVD in full sceen mode (stays grey playing divx movies) before you can enable the CLPV feature. Generally, it's for "smart" stretching 4:3 movies to fit on a wide screen without causing distortion. You can use it for wide screen movies as well, but it doesn't stretch that much.

    -Vb-
     
    Venombite, Aug 8, 2005
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