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Hi, when I record onto DVD-RW on my Samsung HR725 DVD recorder and then play the DVD in my LG player the screen aspect ratio is in wide screen but when I play the DVD on my computer in WMP or Nero Show Time it will only play at 4:3 ratio and if I try and rip it to avi it also is 4:3, anyone know why this is? do other recorders also do this?
Zetor

Could be a software problem on the LG player. DVD playback aspect ratios are controlled from special files in the DVD structure but if you are playing files on a computer the aspect ratio is encoded in the file header. Recently came across this problem with the Arcam DVD player through the HDMI output. Arcam finally agreed that there is a software bug in their player so even a £1000 machine can have faults!

I just re-read my post and it wasn`t worded very well, the recording is in wide screen and plays back in WS in both the recorder and LG Player so no problem there but it is on the computer where it only plays in 4:3, in Nero Show Time I can force the ratio to 16:9 which looks fine but if I want to encode to .avi then it is back to 4:3.
Zetor

Problem with many DVD recorders (on certain disc formats) is the widescreen flag isn`t recorded. On a Widescreen TV set to `wide` there isn`t a problem. You can either put the files through ifoedit on a PC to add the flag (recommended) or force the avi conversion to 16:9.

Ste

Thanks for the info on ifoedit, it was as you described and using this tool I was able to get the file to play in WS, thanks again
Zetor