2009-01-20, 05:29
Hi. I recently came over from VMC and am having trouble when viewing movies. I have my HP M8120N desktop hooked up to a HP PL4260N T.V. I have my resolution set at 1024x768 on Windows and in XBMC.
Before, when I played my DVD rips in Media Center it would recognize that I was using 1024x768 in 16:9 format. This was accomplished simply by choosing the aspect ratio in the VMC setup. XBMC does not have this option and thus, my videos are playing as if I was opening them using Windows Media Player directly off the hard drive.(stretched)
I tried fooling around with "Stretch to 16:9" in the Video Options but this seems to only zoom/stretch. In VMC, it would play the 1:33 content which filled the screen and the "super widescreen"(forget the ratio) in letter box.
Any help getting this setup would be greatly appreciated. I am loving the look of all the awesome XBMC skins, but wish the actual video viewing was on par with VMC. Thanks so much guys!
Before, when I played my DVD rips in Media Center it would recognize that I was using 1024x768 in 16:9 format. This was accomplished simply by choosing the aspect ratio in the VMC setup. XBMC does not have this option and thus, my videos are playing as if I was opening them using Windows Media Player directly off the hard drive.(stretched)
I tried fooling around with "Stretch to 16:9" in the Video Options but this seems to only zoom/stretch. In VMC, it would play the 1:33 content which filled the screen and the "super widescreen"(forget the ratio) in letter box.
Any help getting this setup would be greatly appreciated. I am loving the look of all the awesome XBMC skins, but wish the actual video viewing was on par with VMC. Thanks so much guys!
