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Ripped DVDs? - dshorrosh - 2018-05-11
Greetings. This has me stumped - after upgrade to v17.6, some ripped DVD ISOs now look horrible. They either display as letterboxed within a 4:3 display, or letterbox NOT wihin 4:3 but the image does not extend fully to the left or right sides of the display. They are also exceptionally grainy.
FWIW I played one of the DVDs in a player connected to the same TV via HDMI -- full screen, not hi-def but certainly better imaging.
I'm running on a Win7 PC to Sony A1E via HDMI. MKV files ripped from BD look fine.
Thanks in advance.
RE: Ripped DVDs? - tjay260476 - 2018-05-11
Have you shrunk the DVD (from 8GB to 4GB) when you ripped the DVD, or is it a bit for bit rip to ISO?
If it's the former, then it's a more compressed rip and might be the issue.
Judging the BD rips to MKV, these have better conversion.
RE: Ripped DVDs? - dshorrosh - 2018-05-11
Thanks for your quick reply. The ISOs in question are uncompressed via DVDRip, which was used to create all the other ISOs.
RE: Ripped DVDs? - tjay260476 - 2018-05-16
Ok, have you seen if they look grainy etc via another player, such as VLC?
If you are getting the same issue with VLC, then it would look like a ripping issue rather than a Kodi issue.