Philips 5990/12 - wrong aspect ratio @ DivX via USB

[blackfrogg]

Hello,

i'm using a Philips 5990/12 with vb6rocod latest firmware and a 320GB usb hdd on a 42" Panasonic Plasma (16:9) via RGB Scart.

Everything works fine so far, except that my tv resolution/aspect ratio switches to the correct format when viewing DivX/movies from the usb drive. It works when i view DVDs, then it switches e.g. from 4:3 to 16:9 fullscreen. But with DivX movies it always stays on 4:3 and if the movie is 16:9 it squeezes the movie > conehead effect.

Before you tell me, that I probably downloaded lots of crappy dvd rips with wrong compression headers ot sth., I tested a lot of different movies, without success. Is there somewhere a Divx testfile which should definitely work?

And in the 5990 settings I set the tv format to 16:9.

What can I do to make it work?

Thanks in advance!!

-blackfrogg

[romi7519]

set it to 4:3 and test.

[jagabo]

Use HDMI instead of SCART.

[blackfrogg]

@romi7519: I will try 4:3 ... I think I tested that once...but didnt work...but I will try again.

@jagabo: my plasma doesn't have HDMI =(

[jagabo]

Can you manually force the TV to 16:9 after the AVI starts playing?

[blackfrogg]

Can you manually force the TV to 16:9 after the AVI starts playing?

Yes I can do that...everytime manually....but because my sat receiver does that (as well as dvds automatically) I have to switch back to standard auto mode everytime I want to watch TV (because lots of tv broadcasts come in 4:3). I'm just wondering, why DVDs and SAT receiver are switching automatically, but DivX doesn't.

[jagabo]

I guess the 5990 isn't set the SCART widescreen signal pin when playing AVI files.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCART

SCART also supports automatic widescreen switching. This is an extension of the functionality of a pin which previously only indicated to the TV set that an external signal should be displayed.

Maybe vb6rocod broke this functionality. I found several problems with vb6rocod's hacks and have gone back to standard firmware on my 5990/37. You might try that too.

[blackfrogg]

Hm I should test that. Thanks for that tip. I upgraded my player from the first day on.

[blackfrogg]

So....I downgraded the firmware to the latest original from Philips, but aspect ratio still doesn't work.

Switching TV setting to 4:3 in the dvd player menu doesn't work as well.

Any other tips?
Does it work with your 5990 and 16:9 tv???

[jagabo]

Does it work with your 5990 and 16:9 tv???

Mine doesn't have SCART (USA model) so I can't test it.