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by retrogamer76
Tue Dec 30, 2014 4:45 am
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Black bars - Image squashed
Replies: 4
Views: 9978

Re: Black bars - Image squashed

DVDs would be encoded with those bars present in the image. You can run the files through a program like Handbrake that would (by default) REMOVE the bars, then your TV would be free to size the image as appropriate. Your TV probably is set to stretch images to fit, but most would detect the bars a...
by retrogamer76
Mon Dec 29, 2014 9:05 am
Forum: General MakeMKV discussion
Topic: Black bars - Image squashed
Replies: 4
Views: 9978

Black bars - Image squashed

When I make MKVs of certain DVDs I get black bars on my widescreen TV when viewing the MKV through my Xbox One Media Player. These movies (The Dead Zone, Eyes Wide Shut, 2001) are supposed to be 1.85/1 and the movie image should fill the entire screen. I'm unsure what to do to fix this problem. I tr...