VCD Frame Size

[judymoong]

After reformatting my computer, I'm having trouble watching VCDs at full screen size, while DVDs are fine. Am I missing a video codec or do I need a different video driver? Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated!

thanks!

[ZippyP.]

What are you using to view your video? Not media player I hope.

[daamon]

What is the exact nature of your "trouble" - describe it. A screenshot could help to tell the story...

Also, VCD is a lower resoultion and a much lower bitrate than DVD and, so, is inherently of a much lower quality - watching VCD at full screen size would exacerbate this and highlight it very noticably...

[judymoong]

Thanks for your responses.

I'm using PowerDVD to watch my VCDs, which was not a problem before reformatting my computer. I don't know all the technical terms for video but I was able to watch the VCD at full screen without the video seeming like it jumps and subtitle text looking like it has very low resolution. At full screen, the images look like they have much lower resolution compared to before I reformatted my computer.

I understand that VCDs obviously aren't the same quality as DVDs, but now in order to make out the faces I am forced to watch it at 1/8 of my monitor screen. I've attached a screen shot of the screen size at which I can watch the VCD now.

What are my options now for watching the VCD? Can I change the resolution of my monitor? Or are my settings for PowerDVD incorrect?

[junkmalle]

Video scaling is usually handled by the graphic cards chipset. Be sure you are using the latest drivers for your graphics card -- not the minimal driver that Windows installs.

Then make sure you have Windows set up to use full acceleration features of the graphics card. Right click on the desktop, select Properties, Settings, Advanced, Troubleshoot, set Hardware Acceleration to Full.