weird mpeg 1 aspect ratio problem

[baz161]

hey guys,

ive so far been unable to see a solution to this problem on the forum before but if it has been answered already i apologise in advance,

when i play mpeg 1 files back in wmp 8, the vertical size is a little smaller than it should be, making it look squashed, when played through win dvd its fine, or when burnt onto a vcd etc its all fine,

so how come wmp doesnt play it the proper size, previously iven never had this problem, but i reformatted not long ago and this is a new problem. other programs must use the same codec cause in the preveiw window of nero it plays hte wrong size,

any ideas,

thanks

Baz

[johns0]

windows own media player is crappy for watching vcd/svd`s,if the movie looks ok with windvd and your standalone dvd player i wouldnt worry about it.

[baz161]

hi

thanks for your help, i dont usually use it to watch stuff, but i use it to check things, it opens faster than anything else i have and i kinda like it, the file itself i know is fine, so that doesnt bother me

but it never used to happen, so im desperate to fix it, i dont like things happening when i dont know why, lol

so any ideas, could it be some sort of filter problem, the only thing i installed this time ive never had on before is the matroska playback pack,

any ideas

Baz

[D_Knife]

Try Media Player Classic
It's in the tools section
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It's free and opens faster than WMP 8!
It also support correct aspect ratios so you can see how things are easily