Stretching 4:3 videos to 16:9 Options

[peteyb]

I am trying to watch the original Futurama seasons on my WD media player (ripped with DVD Decryptor from my own orginal DVD's), however the player will only play the episodes with 4:3. When I play the DVDs on a standard dvd player, the videos are stretched to widescreen.

On the back of the DVDs it says "Aspect Ratio 1:33:1" so the seasons are by default 4:3. When the settings on the WD Media player are set to "widescreen", these episodes play in standard 4:3 format. However, when the media player is set to "normal" then the player stretches the video and they become widescreen. On the normal setting, however, all of my 16:9 will not playback properly.

I am looking for a way to let my Futurama episodes play widescreen, without having to switch back and forth between "normal" and "widescreen" in WD settings.

[WDUser]

If the video is 4:3 by default, how's your DVD player displaying them as widescreen 16:9? Clearly there must be a widescreen setting enabled somewhere on the player. Also, when watching 4:3 video stretched to 16:9, doesn't it get all bent out of shape? If you have a widescreen TV, then 4:3 video is to be watched with black bars on both sides, and conversely widescreen content on a 4:3 TV will have the bars on top and bottom in order to maintain the proper aspect ratio.

If you don't want to mess with the player's settings, then adjust your TV's settings accordingly. Something needs to be set in order to display video in an aspect ratio other than what it is originally.