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Windows Media player 11 not filling HDTV screen no matter what I play.
On any video that is wide screen Windows Media Player 11 full screen is FAR from FULL. I use a 37 inch LCD TV and full screen has about 5 inches of black on either side as well as a ton of black on top and bottom.... Doesn't even fill half of my panel.
Computer run Vista Ultimate, video card is a Nvidia 9800 GTX+ panel connected through HDMI.
Everything else fills screen perfectly including windows media center and power dvd.
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Computer run Vista Ultimate, video card is a Nvidia 9800 GTX+ panel connected through HDMI.
Everything else fills screen perfectly including windows media center and power dvd.
wtf-wmp.jpg
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Was afraid that was going to be the only solution. The Pixel Aspect in WMP11 didn't make any difference what so ever... Hopefully Microsoft will add 16:9 and 16:10 support to the next version... always behind the ball they are. Yeah VLC and Power DVD both work perfect in full screen. Now I just got to decide which to set as default.
If anyone has a work around for 16:9 full screen in Windows Media Player 11 please let me know.
If anyone has a work around for 16:9 full screen in Windows Media Player 11 please let me know.
Just going to have a play with WMP 11 now - did you use a dvd or was it just a video file ie avi file ?
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Does the same thing on widescreen DVD's and Video files. It did fill the screen for a 16:10 video file... Guess since 16:10 is standard for widescreen computing, WMP is thrown off by my 16:9 HDTV. Odd but not worth the time since VLC works perfect. But I'll let you know if the Full Screen Mode Switch works, I don't think I noticed that option.
Thank you.
Thank you.
In that case use VLC and just change the VLC skin to be windows media player ;) wink wink
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/skins.php
instructions etc are on the site :)
Accept my answer as best with an A rating hahaha lol
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/skins.php
instructions etc are on the site :)
Accept my answer as best with an A rating hahaha lol
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Under Performance tab in Options I have no Full Screen Mode Switch or Advanced. WMP 11.0.6001.7000
I googled around a lot and just got a lot of comments about how rubbish windows media player was for altering aspect ratios so gave up in the end and easier to just use vlc or another media player.
I dont like wmp anywho.
I dont like wmp anywho.
Am guessing it will be something like below
Why does my video appear distorted (stretched or skewed) in the Player?
If your video appears to be stretched or skewed, try adjusting the pixel aspect ratio in Windows Media Player 10 by doing the following:
1.Begin playing the video file.
2.On the Tools menu, click Options.
3.On the Devices tab, click Display, and then click the Properties button.
4.Adjust the pixel aspect ratio by using the slider and/or spin box controls.
5. Click the Apply button.
The video will begin playing from the beginning with the new pixel aspect ratio settings that you applied. Repeat this procedure until the video playback appears normal.
Other then that I dont think it supports aspect ratios very well and to use windows media player classic or the 2 players mentioned above.