TV stretches videos to 16:9

[LuisNara]

Hi, i have problem witrh my TV, 16:9 videos look great, but another aspect ratios don't,
21:9, 23.5:1, etc, look "stretched" (Vertically), so, is not showing the up and down blackbars.

I know is a problem of my TV, but some people did this, and worked for them, but not for me, is there anoher way? (Especially without reencode), thanks!!.

[Baldrick]

PLEASE give more information.

Does it stretch ALL video? How do you play them? Standalone dvd/blu-ray player? MEdia player?

[hello_hello]

It's probably the TV and there's probably a button on the remote you've pressed accidentally. For me it's P/Size (picture size) and from memory pressing it steps through options such as 4:3, 16:9, and a couple that stretch/zoom the picture to fill the screen.

[DB83]

On my Sony the button on the remote appears as a screen with vertical and horizontal lines going through it.

Invoke the button gives you 4 choices: Auto, Wide, Smart and Zoom.

Check out the first two with a video wider than 16:9

[LuisNara]

PLEASE give more information.

Does it stretch ALL video? How do you play them? Standalone dvd/blu-ray player? MEdia player?

From USB directly from the TV

It's probably the TV and there's probably a button on the remote you've pressed accidentally. For me it's P/Size (picture size) and from memory pressing it steps through options such as 4:3, 16:9, and a couple that stretch/zoom the picture to fill the screen.

yes, i have that button, i tried all modes but even in 2.35:1 i just blackbars on the side.

[theewizard]

it only does this, with videos directly from USB media
what are the video specs,
this sounds like a format problem or an aspect flag problem
maybe the TV can not read or ignores any aspect flags

[Bjs]

See if it plays mkv files

If so you might be able to fix the ratio using mkvmerge part of MKVToolnix.

If not then you have 3 choices.

1: Live with it
2: Re-encode
3: Integrate a media player, htpc, or link directly from pc to retain correct display ratio

Other.

MPEG4 Modifier can do the same for general avi files