TV 4:3 aspect ratio cropping issue

Richard-hardy wrote on 1/14/2019, 11:30 AM

This is actually not related to a Magix product, however I couldn’t think of anywhere else to ask this question. I have recently replaced my Blu-ray player with a new (and expensive) Blu-ray recorder/player. On my old player, whenever I play back a 4:3 DVD, the full 4:3 frame is displayed with no problem. However, on my new player, when I play back a 4:3 DVD, or any file with a 4:3 aspect ratio, the 4:3 frame appears narrower and slightly crops off the sides of the picture. I have tried all of the aspect settings on both the TV and the player, but nothing has made a difference.

Does anybody on here know what the problem could be and how to rectify it? Any help would be much appreciated.

Many thanks in advance.

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johnebaker wrote on 1/14/2019, 11:58 AM

@Richard-hardy

. . . . on my new player, when I play back a 4:3 DVD, or any file with a 4:3 aspect ratio, the 4:3 frame appears narrower and slightly crops off the sides of the picture. . . .

Does it also do this with commercial DVD's?

Are the DVD's and the TV PAL or NTSC?

Is there a 4:3 TV zoom feature in the player?

Is the image cropped or squeezed?

If you cannot tell, create a DVD in MEP using a project set to 4:3 ratio with a circle image on the timeline, and play this on the player you will be able to tell whether it is is cropped or squeezed.

HTH

John EB

Richard-hardy wrote on 1/15/2019, 12:52 AM

@Richard-hardy

Hi

. . . . on my new player, when I play back a 4:3 DVD, or any file with a 4:3 aspect ratio, the 4:3 frame appears narrower and slightly crops off the sides of the picture. . . .

Does it also do this with commercial DVD's?

Are the DVD's and the TV PAL or NTSC?

Is there a 4:3 TV zoom feature in the player?

Is the image cropped or squeezed?

If you cannot tell, create a DVD in MEP using a project set to 4:3 ratio with a circle image on the timeline, and play this on the player you will be able to tell whether it is is cropped or squeezed.

HTH

John EB

Both the TV and the DVD’s are PAL, there isn’t a 4:3 TV zoom feature in the player, and I’m not sure if it happens with commercial DVD’s as I haven’t played one on it yet. However, when I use the player’s built-in Freeview and watch a 4:3 broadcast, it looks like the same issue occurs.

I will do what you asked me to do about creating a 4:3 DVD in MEP, but what do you mean by a circle image on the timeline?

Also, the three aspect options in the playback menu while watching a DVD or a file on a USB stick, are Normal, side-cut, and zoom.

CubeAce wrote on 1/15/2019, 1:23 AM

@Richard-hardy

Make a jpg image in something like photoshop of a white circle with a black background and stretch the image to fit the timeline. You are looking to see if it remained circular. Make it so as to fill the viewing area to see if any portion gets chopped off.

Richard-hardy wrote on 1/15/2019, 1:54 PM

Here are two pictures that I took of the TV showing exactly the same frame with one playing on the old player, and one playing on the new player. If you look to the left side of the frame, you will notice that on one of the pictures you can see a pipe. On the other picture you can see that some of that pipe is cropped out.

Scenestealer wrote on 1/15/2019, 4:07 PM

@Richard-hardy

Are you sure you took both photos at the exact same frame because they are both framed differently which would explain the different position of the pipe? The one on the right is framed lower and more to the right of the girl, and subsequently the pipe.

Richard-hardy wrote on 1/15/2019, 4:35 PM

@Richard-hardy

Are you sure you took both photos at the exact same frame because they are both framed differently which would explain the different position of the pipe? The one on the right is framed lower and more to the right of the girl, and subsequently the pipe.

Hi, I’ll re-take the photos just in case, and then you can have a look again.

johnebaker wrote on 1/16/2019, 12:29 PM

@Richard-hardy

I would advise you contact the seller or manufacturer of the recorder/player regarding the issue you are having.

There is nothing you can do to fix this issue if it is one.

John EB