App to play half-DVD resolution avis on Mac at right size?

[broaddd]

Hi,

I have an avi file at half-DVD resolution (352x576). Is there an app to play it at the full screen size on the Mac? I tried VLC - but couldn't see a way.

Cheers,
B

[galactica]

you go into full screen mode with VLC?
thats about as big as it will get

[AntnyMD]

If it otherwise plays fine in QuickTime, I believe you can do this in QuickTime Pro by adjusting the deminsions of the video by hand ... The down side is that QT won't remember it after you close the AVI.

[galactica]

in vlc you can adjust by hand, but you will get better preformance with full screen mode.

Quicktime would work as AntnyMD pointed out, but you have to ensure you have all the codex's installed and even still possibly "divx doctor" the .avi so it can be played in QT

[deadsierra]

cmd-1 is normal, cmd-2 is doubled, and cmd-f or cmd-0 is generally full screen.

[broaddd]

Thanks,

Quicktime might be the go.

I'm not sure if everyone understood that this is half-DVD resolution so it's squished horizontally (by 50%). VLC still plays it squished, even at full-screen, and I can't see how to stretch it horizontally manually.

Where do I find the Quicktime codecs?

Cheers,
Bruce

[thoughton]

Cellulo can do what you want (playback at user-defined aspect ratio). And it also remembers the settings later (QT Pro can also remember the new ratio, but you will have to resave the movie as a new self-contained).

[AntnyMD]

Looks like this has some cool features, namely playlists with a more Mac-like look...

[broaddd]

I can't get Cellulo to change the aspect ratio as you said?

B

[thoughton]

If you highlight the clip in the playlist then click the 'show info' button then the 'settings' button, you can set the aspect ratio there (type in 2.0 or 2.5 or whatever works for your screen).