On 7/21/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">ffrr</b> <<a href="mailto:ffrr@tpg.com.au">ffrr@tpg.com.au</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I used ffmpeg to prepare an mpeg file, source has 16:9 aspect ratio,<br>into DVD format, then used dvdauthor to create a file structure as per a<br>mythtv howto<br><Snip><br>then I burned the file structure to a DVD using K3B in video DVD mode.
<br><br>The resulting disc plays in a standalone DVD player, but shows full<br>screen on the normal TV that its plugged into, just showing a 4:3 aspect<br>ratio, and missing the left and right hand sides..<br><br>In MythTV the DVD disc plays in 16:9 (with black bands above and below
<br>on my PC monitor). I want it to play this way on a normal TV and DVD<br>player too, i.e. to play letterboxed like most commercial DVDs do on<br>that same equipment.<br><br>Can anyone suggest what I need to change?<br>
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My guess is that your standalone DVD player needs to be setup to show the video as 16:9 instead of 4:3.<br>
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-Greg<br>