Incorrect DVD Aspect Ratio


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Jokchan

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31. July 2008 @ 19:40

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Hello,

I have a DVD that is supposedly Widescreen (it says so on the disk), but when I put it in my DVD player it plays it in a 4:3 ratio. It isn't just my DVD player because I also tried it on my computer and it tried to play it in the same ratio.

I opened up DVD Shrink and AutoGK and both of them detected that it was natively 4:3. I had the exact same thing happen once before and I thought it was just a fluke, but I guess not.

The titles are One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Deer Hunter if you need to know.

Do you know what might be causing this and how I can go about fixing it?

Thanks.

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dialysis1

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31. July 2008 @ 20:33

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These movies are 4:3 letterboxed. They appear as widescreen on a regular TV. They can easily be converted to true 16:9 with DVD Rebuilder.

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31. July 2008 @ 20:34

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edit, did not see dialysis's post

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Jokchan

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31. July 2008 @ 20:40

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Thanks, I'll definately check DVD Rebuilder out.

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Jokchan

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31. July 2008 @ 23:01

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Well, I tried DVD Rebuilder and it didn't seem to change anything. (I might've done it wrong, but I don't think so.)

I tried playing it on one of my old 4:3 TVs to see if it would have the bars on the top and bottom like Dialysis said, but it filled the entire screen. When I play it on my 16:9 TV it has the black bars on the sides.

I got it from Netflix and on the movie page it lists two aspect ratios: Widescreen 1.85:1 and Pan-and-Scan 1.33:1. I'm assuming that I'm watching it in Pan-and-Scan instead of Widescreen, but I don't know how to change it.

Sorry about this, but I'm really new to this and I'd like some further help and explanation if you'd be so kind.

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dialysis1

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1. August 2008 @ 01:59

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Did you set it to convert?

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