Stretch 4:3 video to 16:9 (wide screen) in WMP 11 in Vista

manu08 · 09-21-2007, 09:00 PM

I've got a notebook with Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit. In WMP 11 I'm unable to find any setting to stretch a 4:3 video to wide screen since my notebook display is wide screen & I don't like having the black bars on the side. Anyone know how to do that? I already know of other software alternatives (so don't list any please) but I want to know about WMP 11 cause I use it very often to stream videos which are in 4:3 format but my notebook display is 16:9. Even the external display which I quite often use is 16:9 format. The notebook has a nVIDIA GeForce Go 6150 graphics processor. I know I can remedy the problem when I use HP QuickPlay, Media Player Classic & VLC Media Player but what about WMP 11?

fortyways · 09-23-2007, 04:10 AM

You actually want to deliberately distort your image?

Bradan · 09-23-2007, 04:37 AM

go to tools>options>devices tab>display>adjust ratio

09-21-2007, 09:00 PM	#1 (permalink)
manu08 New Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 9	Stretch 4:3 video to 16:9 (wide screen) in WMP 11 in Vista I've got a notebook with Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit. In WMP 11 I'm unable to find any setting to stretch a 4:3 video to wide screen since my notebook display is wide screen & I don't like having the black bars on the side. Anyone know how to do that? I already know of other software alternatives (so don't list any please) but I want to know about WMP 11 cause I use it very often to stream videos which are in 4:3 format but my notebook display is 16:9. Even the external display which I quite often use is 16:9 format. The notebook has a nVIDIA GeForce Go 6150 graphics processor. I know I can remedy the problem when I use HP QuickPlay, Media Player Classic & VLC Media Player but what about WMP 11? __________________ HP Pavilion dv6000 Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor TK-53 1.7GHz 1GB DDR2 667MHz Memory nVIDIA GeForce Go 6150

09-23-2007, 04:37 AM	#3 (permalink)
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09-23-2007, 04:10 AM	#2 (permalink)
fortyways banned Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: USA Posts: 1,134	You actually want to deliberately distort your image?