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DVD showing in wrong aspect

Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 7:57 am
by adriandg
Hi

I've tried a couple of times to rip my DVD Copy of Twin Town and it is showing in 4:3 rather than 16:9.

If I play the DVD on my Blu ray player it displays in 16:9 but the MKV rip if I pay through vlc on my laptop or my Mede8er it shows in 4:3. I have the most up to date version of MakeMKV and all other rips I have done display in the right aspect.

Any ideas?

Thanks

Re: DVD showing in wrong aspect

Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 8:36 am
by Smithcraft
Some stuff on DVD is a bit more messy/complex that it should be and can have conflicting parameters.

You could try changing the aspect ratio in mkvtoolnix.

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Re: DVD showing in wrong aspect

Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 12:43 pm
by adriandg
Is that easy to do with mkvtoolnix?

Thanks

Re: DVD showing in wrong aspect

Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 6:44 pm
by Smithcraft
It's pretty straight forward, but since it might be set in the actual stream, it's possible the player might disregard what you set in mkvtoolnix.

I think you can use the Header Editor rather than having to remux the whole file into another file.

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Re: DVD showing in wrong aspect

Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2013 10:29 pm
by adriandg
What's the header editor?

Re: DVD showing in wrong aspect

Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2013 12:10 am
by Smithcraft
The Header Editor is a part of mkvtoolnix that just lets you change some specifics of the file and resave the header, rather than remux the whole file.

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