Stretched Video on 16:9, Original was 2.35:1

[nobody2000]

I have a movie (DVD) about galactic forces and mystical powers with swords powered by light beams, and I got it from a friend.

Anyway...It was full screen, stretched out, and I went into ifoedit to put it to 16:9.

Even at 16:9, it looks stretched as the ppl that filmed this movie filmed it like the rest of the series of galactic warrior stories. I learned that these were filmed at 2.35:1

How do I make a new DVD so that it shows up not stretched at all?

[karelj]

I too, have a movie about Galactic forces and mystical powers. Did yours involve a certain Empire??? How about some creep dude with bad asthma??
In any case.. was the *fix* with IFOEdit easy?? I never used that program before..

[guns1inger]

You have to resize this mysterious film, add black bars to get back to a compliant resolution, then re-encode. This will of course affect the quality. Or, you could return from the not-so-light-side and puchase an official release when the time is right.

[Frunobulax]

May the mysterious unknown power be with you.

[nobody2000]

so what you're saying s1inger, is that I have to convert to (as high quality as possible) AVI file, add some black, and maybe reencode to a full screen? or 16:9...can u point me to a tutorial where this might be easiest?

[ozymango]

Even at 16:9, it looks stretched as the ppl that filmed this movie filmed it like the rest of the series of galactic warrior stories. I learned that these were filmed at 2.35:1

What kind of player are you viewing this file with? Is it an actual DVD video_ts folder, and you're using a software DVD player? It could be that your player isn't properly unsqueezing the video, if it's an "enhanced for widescreen" anamorphic transfer.

So if that's the case, you can do a test -- burn a test DVD-RW and then play back with your DVD player, see if unsqueezes properly. I had a (legit!) DVD that refused to behave on any software player, it wouldn't go to widescreen, had to play in back in my trusty Toshiba DVD player to get the aspect ratio right.

And if all else fails, you could always go out to catch a movie in a theater, instead.

[nobody2000]

no...that's not it...I have other movies that play this aspect ratio fine on this same player


and who says that this movie's in the theatres?

[TenaciousJP]

I'm surprised that this hasn't been locked with a warning yet. I think everyone knows which movie you are talking about, anyway. So I would just follow everyone else's advice. They seem to have your solution.

If you want to make a 1.85:1 anamorphic movie appear properly at 2.35:1, you'll either need to squash it with some more black matting in an encoding program, or if you have a 16x9 TV, there is another solution:

Set your DVD player to 4:3 Letterbox, and set your TV to fill the screen by stretching the picture horizontally (often called Full mode). It should display in 2.35:1 with no distortion.

[nobody2000]

well what program can i use to do this, and how do I do it?