Was wondering if there is a program or guide that will convert widescreen to fullscreen. Is this even possible? I can backup all my movies with no problems, just wondering if converting some of them is possible.... Thankz all..
Thankz for the reply ScubaPete. I know I'll get flamed for this.. LOL But I prefer the Fullscreen. I buy all my originals, but more and more do NOT come in fullscreen.
I know widescreen you see and get more but I thought there might be a way to take a widescreen DVD and make it fullscreen. I knew you couldn't go the other way.. LOL I'm off to do more studying and reading... Peace..
auuuggghh, my poor new friend Sharkie, - - I meant Sharkz (thought I was back underwater again)
I so loves ze new guys - he's goin' to lose another almost 1/3 of the screen to get a full screen - he'll only get to see the lip-lock shots - he, he (just kiddin')
Hey Sharkz, you out there little buddy ?
I?ve been scouting around and it seems that one of ?De Gods?, name of Minion, knows more about video than de ScubaPete knows about water (and THAT?s a-sayin? something serious) has got an answer for you -
Here?s the link there Buddy, seems your prayers have been answered :-)
sharkz if your serious there is a way for you get pan and scam, your DVD player you can set it for Pan and scam. Your wide screen will then be viewable in the butchered form you love 1.33:1. :)
Well let me jump into the fray. Most modern movies are not 'pan and scanned' anymore. In the early days of video you would see this on the old Cinamascope films when they were film chained to video. Right around the time of Back to the Future, film makers started to frame the action in the center of the screen, eliminating any need to 'pan and scan' for video (they just crop). And in some cases a full screen version will actually have more of the picture than the so-called wide screen version, as many films have been shot at 4.3:1 then 'masked' (cut off the top and bottom) to get to 1.85:1 when it is projected. The Lethal Weapon movies are a good example. This is changing again though, with all the newer WS TV sets.
The newest version of InterVideo DVD Copy 2 (Gold or platinum) has a feature they call ' Re-authoring aspect ratio', sounds like this may do it.
I too do not like watching 2.35:1 WS. My JVC has a very nice 1.8X zoom that does a nice job of narrowing the bars. The older players 2X zoom does not cut it though, a bit too much.
(Cretans, is nothing sacred ?) - - Kidding, just kidding -
sharkz, why don?t you try Minion?s directions,
To help you more, I copied what minion wrote and here it is - and HE SAYS IT WORKS -
There is one simple thing you can try to see if it will work, There is a Simple little tool Called "DVD Patcher" it is used for Patching the headers in Mpeg2/Vob files, what you can try is before you burn the Widescreen "Video_TS" folder to DVD-R you use DVD Patcher to patch the Aspect Ratio header in each VOB file from 16:9 to 4:3, Then Burn the Video TS Folder or you might as well Just test it with WinDVD or PowerDVD...It is the Aspect ratio Header in the VOB file that tells your DVD Player to Display the Movie in Widescreen 16:9 or in Regular 4:3 so in theory changeing it to 4:3 should change it to Fullscreen...I just now tried it with a 4:3 File changeing it to Widescreen 16:9 and Played it with WinDVD and it worked so it is at least worth a Try....You can download the DVD Patcher here :
http://mitglied.lycos.de/dvdpatcher/DVDPatcher_v106.zip .....Cheers
Enjoy there sharkz, no new TV for you for awhile :)
