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  1. 5th Nov 2002 07:34 #1
    JusSmith
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    I have a few MPEG-1 videos with size 480x576 which have been converted from AVI at 720x576. Is there a simple utility to convert the MPEG-1 files to 720x576 as the video appears "pinched"?

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    These are PAL SVCD format. If you play them in a player that handle aspect ratios correctly, such as a software DVD player (Windvd, powerdvd) then they should be displayed correctly. WMP does no do this properly. Aslo, if you burn the to CD as SVCD and play on a standalone DVD player, they will look correct. No need to resize.
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  3. 5th Nov 2002 07:43 #3
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    bugster,

    thanks for that. WMP on my Win98SE Desktop does the correction (it has DVD-Rom). WMP on my XP Pro laptop doesn't (no DVD-Rom). Is there anything which will do the "stretch" and keep the same quality so I can view on the laptop without everyone looking very slim?


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    Juts install a soft dvd player and play them in file mode, both WinDVD and PowerDVD can do this, others too probably.
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  5. 5th Nov 2002 08:06 #5
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    I tried installing WinDVD, but it requires a DVD-Rom to exist on the system (unless you know of a work-around!). I'll see if I can get hold of a copy of the other one and trt that.

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    Windvd does not require a dvd-rom, you can play mpeg/dvd from your harddrive. I have installed windvd 3 demo and the latest 4.0 demo on a computer with no dvd-rom. Do you get any error when installing windvd or what do you mean?
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  7. 5th Nov 2002 08:22 #7
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    An error messagebox appears at start of installation with "DVD-Rom not detected" (or something similar) and won't continue. It's a fairly old version, I'll have to check which tonight.
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    Originally Posted by JusSmith
    An error messagebox appears at start of installation with "DVD-Rom not detected" (or something similar) and won't continue. It's a fairly old version, I'll have to check which tonight.
    Is it an OEM version by anychance, one that came bundled with a DVD drive, maybe those require the DVD-ROM drive to be present. Try downloading the latest demo version of WinDVD or PowerDVD.
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  9. 7th Nov 2002 06:45 #9
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    yep it was, thanks for the reply, I'll download the demo.
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