Watching AVIs in normal aspect ratio on a widescreen TV

[fiiido]

I know this is a silly question but....

I made a computer to connect to my widescreen Plasma TV. I am using VLC to watch AVI slips but the picture has been stretched. Is there a way of setting the computer to display is normal aspect ratio? I have a nVidia graphic card.

Thanks in anticipation.

fiiido

[guns1inger]

How did you connect your PC to your TV ?

[edDV]

And what player are you using? The player owns the problem.

[celtic_druid]

--monitor-par=<string> Monitor pixel aspect ratio
This forces the monitor aspect ratio. Most
monitors have square pixels (1:1). If you
have a 16:9 screen, you might need to change
this to 4:3 in order to keep proportions.

[baka99]

Question: Is the screen itself stretched or just the video itself?

If it's just the video itself then it's a simple answer if you're using VLC. While the video is playing right click the screen and go down the the 'Aspect Ratio'. Change it to the ratio of your preference.

[fiiido]

Hi,
To answer the questions:

The PC is connected to the TV with the 15pin D-connector
The player is VLC
The whole screen is stretched

Also the TV is 1024v768 with pixels stretched.

Fiiido

[guns1inger]

You need to set your display on your PC to match the display of the TV. I suspect that the TV's native resolution is not 1024 x 768.