videos/DVD won't play in widescreen in Win7

[esiebert7625]

I have a dual monitor setup in WIndows 7 running 1920 x 1080 on one and 1440 x 900 on the other. I'm trying to play a DVD that plays fine in widescreen on a normal DVD player but on my PC plays more in a 4:3 aspect ratio with black bars on both sides. I've also tried ripping it to AVI files and playing it and get the same result. The ripped video is 720 x 480 resolution. I've tried multiple video players including WMP, TLC and KMPlayer. I've tried everything single zoom, stretch, double size and there is still black bars on the side. Same thing happens when playing the DVD directly with WMP. What do I have to do to get this to fill the whole screen without the black bars.

Thanks!

[Baldrick]

Are you just playing vob files or opening the video_ts folder?

Try also MPCHC and check the DVD aspect ratio with MediaInfo.

[esiebert7625]

Tried it just selecting the DVD in WMP and hitting Play and also playing the AVI files that I ripped from it. Same thign with MPCHC, Media Info says the AVI is 720 x 480 3:2. If I select the DVD folder it says 4:3, strange my TV/DVD player plays it in widescreen though. IS there a way to convert it to widescreen format?

General
Complete name : D:\VIDEO_TS\VIDEO_TS.IFO
Format : DVD Video
Format profile : Menu
File size : 14.0 KiB

Video
ID : 0xE0
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Bit rate mode : Variable
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Standard : NTSC

Text
Format : RLE
Format/Info : Run-length encoding
Resolution : 2 bits

General
Complete name : D:\VIDEO_TS\VIDEO_TS.VOB
Format : MPEG-PS
File size : 114 KiB
Duration : 467ms
Overall bit rate : 2 000 Kbps

Video
ID : 224 (0xE0)
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Main@Main
Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, Matrix : Default
Format_Settings_GOP : M=3, N=14
Duration : 467ms
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 2 000 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Standard : NTSC
Resolution : 8 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Interlaced
Scan order : Top Field First
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.193
Stream size : 114 KiB

Text
ID : 32 (0x20)
Format : RLE
Format/Info : Run-length encoding
Video delay : -66ms

Menu

General
Complete name : D:\VIDEO_TS\VIDEO_TS.BUP
Format : DVD Video
Format profile : Menu
File size : 14.0 KiB

Video
ID : 0xE0
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Bit rate mode : Variable
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Standard : NTSC

Text
Format : RLE
Format/Info : Run-length encoding
Resolution : 2 bits

General
Complete name : D:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_0.IFO
Format : DVD Video
Format profile : Program
File size : 54.0 KiB

Video
ID : 0xE0
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Bit rate mode : Variable
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Standard : NTSC

Audio
ID : 0x0
Format : PCM
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz

Text
ID : 0x20
Format : RLE
Format/Info : Run-length encoding
Resolution : 2 bits
Language : English

Menu
List (Audio) : 0
List (Subtitles 4/3) : 0
List (Subtitles Wide) : 0
List (Subtitles Letterbox) : 0
List (Subtitles Pan&Scan) : 0

General
Complete name : D:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_0.VOB
Format : MPEG-PS
File size : 63.0 MiB
Duration : 29s 996ms
Overall bit rate : 17.6 Mbps

Video
ID : 224 (0xE0)
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Main@Main
Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, Matrix : Default
Format_Settings_GOP : M=3, N=15
Duration : 29s 996ms
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 15.4 Mbps
Nominal bit rate : 8 000 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Standard : NTSC
Resolution : 8 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Interlaced
Scan order : Bottom Field First
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 1.485
Stream size : 55.0 MiB (87%)

Audio
ID : 160 (0xA0)
Format : PCM
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Format settings, Sign : Signed
Muxing mode : DVD-Video
Duration : 29s 995ms
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 1 536 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
Stream size : 5.49 MiB (9%)

Text
ID : 32 (0x20)
Format : RLE
Format/Info : Run-length encoding

Menu

General
Complete name : D:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.VOB
Format : MPEG-PS
File size : 1 024 MiB
Duration : 15mn 51s
Overall bit rate : 9 023 Kbps
Writing library : BitVice MPEG2 Encoder Vn 1.3.3 PPC G4 (c) 2003 Innobits AB

Video
ID : 224 (0xE0)
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Main@Main
Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, Matrix : Default
Duration : 15mn 51s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 7 129 Kbps
Nominal bit rate : 8 020 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Standard : NTSC
Resolution : 8 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Interlaced
Scan order : Bottom Field First
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.688
Stream size : 809 MiB (79%)
Writing library : BitVice MPEG2 Encoder Vn 1.3.3 PPC G4 (c) 2003 Innobits AB

[Baldrick]

Your dvd player probably just zooms the video.

But you should be able to zoom using software players also. In MPCHC under VIew->Zoom.

[esiebert7625]

tried zooming to 200% in MPCHC and autofit and it still won't fill the screen

[guns1inger]

Assuming it truly is supposed to 1^:9, start with IFOAR2WS and change the IFO files. This may be enough for most players to play the DVD structure back correctly. If it is not, use DVD Patcher to patch the header flags in the VOB2 to 16:9 as well.

You might also post a screen shot or short clip so we can see the issue.