Advice needed on issue with AVI screen ratio

[Ric76]

Hi,

I got some AVI files of a friend as when he plays them back on his PC via WindowsMediaPlayer they are in 4:3(PAL) ratio so I had a search and found MPEG4 Modifier (v1.44 I think) which converted them to 16:9 (PAL) and when I played them back via VLC player on my PC they were fine as I don't use WMP by default.

I thought this was done and handed him the AVI's back once I'd run them all through MPEG4 Modifier but on his PC via WMP they still playback in 4:3. He wont install VLC player as his like WMP too much so I'm stuck as what to do next.

Any help would be great.

[Baldrick]

WMP ignores the avi aspect ratio. Force him to use VLC....

[Ric76]

lol, I tried that, I even installed it on his PC but he gave it a try and uninstalled it. I guess I will have to re-encode the files wont I? how do I do that so they stay the same exect the ratio?

[Baldrick]

Reconvert to a 16:9 size like 640x360, with for example the very simple winff. Convert to avi xvid.

[Ric76]

cool, tried the program and it works a treat.

cheers Baldrick for your help