XVID playing standalone, that plays 'non standard' ratios

[torrent]

i have noticed all of my XVID resolutions are like 672x272, 640x272, or 624x352 (non-standard). i think this conserves the most amount of data, but my XVID playing stand-alone DVD player doesnt like these dimensions and basically fills my 4:3 tv with video and totally f's up the picture. yes, i can change the options to 'wide' screen with the player, but this does nothing to an XVID file (this option does work on DVD files).

i have spent along time 'researching' stand alone dvd players on videohelp.com (and the french site), and could not find a dvd player that will play XVIDs on DVDRs using thos 'non-standard' ratio listed above???

anybody with a machine that plays 2.21:1???

my wife doesnt like the 'look' of a computer next to the tv, so for now i need skip that really acceptable alternative.

oh yeah, the player i got as a gift was an Oppo. cool, but i have to convert my XVIDs to DVD to watch them, and with the current software (and the speed of my comp) its an unacceptable time commitment.

thx

[celtic_druid]

Above all look like standard 1:1 PAR avi files to me, such files should playback fine, they do on my player (Zensonic Z330). For a 4:3 TV, it should be set to FS/4:3. If set to WS/16:9, then the picture would indeed be stretched vertically.

[junkmalle]

I have an old Liteon LVD-2002 that usually gets the aspect ratio right -- or at least close. In the cases where it doesn't I can manually adjust the width and height independently in ~5 percent increments. The 2002 is no longer available and has lots of other quirks so I don't really recommend it (or the newer models).

The Philips DVP-642 usually works pretty well. It doesn't have independent width/height adjustments so you're stuck when it does get the the aspect ratio wrong.

[mats.hogberg]

There is no standard for AVI resolution. AVI is usually treated as 1:1 PAR

/Mats

[torrent]

Above all look like standard 1:1 PAR avi files to me, such files should playback fine, they do on my player (Zensonic Z330). For a 4:3 TV, it should be set to FS/4:3. If set to WS/16:9, then the picture would indeed be stretched vertically.

like i posted, changing the TV option within the DVD player does not affect the picture when playing an XVID file, but does change things when playing a standard DVD disc. is this feature (changing b/w WS and FS) disabled for XVIDS (AVIs) within DVD players?

also note, the TV itself has few functions; infact nothing to adjust the picture!

thx

[guns1inger]

Xvids are usually cropped to the original film aspect ratio, although sometimes the ends get cut off (640 x 352 is one of those). Most players can compensate for this because, as was mentioned earlier, everything is 1:1 PAR. So you have the following choices, from what I can see

1. Continue to re-encode to DVD
2. Add borders and re-encode to Xvid
3. Read the manual and find out how to adjust it properly
4. Get the receipt from the person who gave it to you, return it and get something decent - many here seem to own the Phillips Divx capable player
5. Stop downloading movies and buy the DVDs instead

[manono]

Hi-

I've got an Oppo also. While it's great for DVD playback, it's pretty much useless for AVI, as it always wants to fill the screen. Your resolutions aren't non-standard, but are common AVI resolutions. This thing has a MediaTek chipset, too, so, in my opinion there's no excuse for such behavior, since it bills itself as a DivX player. Anyway, Oppo is aware of the problem, and should have a firmware fix one of these months. You could write customer support, which is very responsive, and maybe push them a bit.

[celtic_druid]

My player is also MTK based, so yeah there really is no excuse.