[dshorrosh]

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.

[tjay260476]

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.

[dshorrosh]

Thanks for your quick reply.  The ISOs in question are uncompressed via DVDRip, which was used to create all the other ISOs.

[tjay260476]

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.