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i was just browsing and found this;
In order for the DVD player to display an anamorphic as letterboxed on a 4:3 monitor several things must be true.
1) The video stream must have 16:9 as the aspect ratio (note: if the source is other than 16:9, such as 2.35:1, you will need to resize and add black on the top and bottom to convert to 16:9)
2) the video attributes for the title set must be 16:9 (bits 2&3 of the first video attribute byte set)
3) the "automatic letterbox" flag (bit 0 of the first video attribute byte) must be 0.
4) "letterboxed" attribute (bit 1 of the second video attribute byte) should NOT be set.
5) The player must be set for 4:3 output, otherwise a widescreen capable monitor is assumed.
is that all true? cause i remember i tried this... i opened the VIDEO_TS.IFO and VTS_01_0.IFO in ifoedit... below it shows the VMG overview and it shows the aspect ratio there... which was 4:3 so i double click it and change it to 16:9... save it... then open the VIDEO_TS.IFO (on the pc) and it plays the whole movie in 16:9 although if you open one vob on its own it will play in 4:3 cause that's the true video aspect. but once i heard if you change the aspect in the ifo it will trick the dvd player to play it in 16:9. unfortunately when i played it on the dvd player it didn't play in 16:9 the way i wanted it... only on the computer it does, when i play it in media player classic. also, i'm just guessing but the squashed image after changing 4:3 to 16:9 is unavoidable right? means the movie was made like that?
here's another thing i ran into while browsing... which i've already tried with no luck...
Solutions:
The simplest solution to solve this problem for your widescreen display is to setup your standalone DVD player's "TV Output" setting to "4:3" (either pan-scan or letterbox will do)
it still showed in 4:3. the only solution for me is a simple one button hit on the control that makes the tv show in 16:9. there is a fault on that though, when you change channels the tv pushes it back to 4:3 even if you change this in the tv settings and save it. weird eh? but if im watching a dvd, all i have to do is hit that button and keep it on the same channel cause it's unlikely that i'm going to be changing it.
In order for the DVD player to display an anamorphic as letterboxed on a 4:3 monitor several things must be true.
1) The video stream must have 16:9 as the aspect ratio (note: if the source is other than 16:9, such as 2.35:1, you will need to resize and add black on the top and bottom to convert to 16:9)
2) the video attributes for the title set must be 16:9 (bits 2&3 of the first video attribute byte set)
3) the "automatic letterbox" flag (bit 0 of the first video attribute byte) must be 0.
4) "letterboxed" attribute (bit 1 of the second video attribute byte) should NOT be set.
5) The player must be set for 4:3 output, otherwise a widescreen capable monitor is assumed.
is that all true? cause i remember i tried this... i opened the VIDEO_TS.IFO and VTS_01_0.IFO in ifoedit... below it shows the VMG overview and it shows the aspect ratio there... which was 4:3 so i double click it and change it to 16:9... save it... then open the VIDEO_TS.IFO (on the pc) and it plays the whole movie in 16:9 although if you open one vob on its own it will play in 4:3 cause that's the true video aspect. but once i heard if you change the aspect in the ifo it will trick the dvd player to play it in 16:9. unfortunately when i played it on the dvd player it didn't play in 16:9 the way i wanted it... only on the computer it does, when i play it in media player classic. also, i'm just guessing but the squashed image after changing 4:3 to 16:9 is unavoidable right? means the movie was made like that?
here's another thing i ran into while browsing... which i've already tried with no luck...
Solutions:
The simplest solution to solve this problem for your widescreen display is to setup your standalone DVD player's "TV Output" setting to "4:3" (either pan-scan or letterbox will do)
it still showed in 4:3. the only solution for me is a simple one button hit on the control that makes the tv show in 16:9. there is a fault on that though, when you change channels the tv pushes it back to 4:3 even if you change this in the tv settings and save it. weird eh? but if im watching a dvd, all i have to do is hit that button and keep it on the same channel cause it's unlikely that i'm going to be changing it.
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