Hi,
I have black border bars from left and right sides on the screen,
when i watch Over-Under movie. It’s like the image is in 4:3 format… the movie itself is in 16:9 format.
I’ve played with all kind of scalling option from my TV but ends to no results.
Then i decide to change from the WD TV smp option aspect ratio from “Widescreen” to “Normal”,
and the black borders bards from left and right sides was reduced, but was still there.
How come the “Normal” provide more Widescreen, than when i set to “Widescreen”?
Looks like the “Widescreen” is not working properly…
Can some test it? Im using the latest firmware 1.07.18.
Thanks
Is your TV 4:3 or 16:9? Howis it connected? HDMI or COMPOSITE? Also, Please post the full TEXT output of MEDIAINFO for such a file.
http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net
My TV is 16:9
It’s connected to the WD SMP via HDMI
Here are movie specifications from MediaInfo:
General
Unique ID : 246671356678307869025169960803877237846 (0xB9932CDB8AA113BA962F3F48EDBBB456)
Complete name : D:\RAB\Downloads\LG 3D\LG-2.am.mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 2
File size : 1.17 GiB
Duration : 14mn 10s
Overall bit rate : 11.8 Mbps
Encoded date : UTC 2011-05-05 13:20:54
Writing application : mkvmerge v3.4.0 (‘Rapunzel’) сборка от May 15 2010 09:38:20
Writing library : libebml v0.8.0 + libmatroska v0.9.0
Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 14mn 10s
Bit rate : 11.0 Mbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 0.889
Original display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.221
Stream size : 1.09 GiB (93%)
Writing library : x264 core 113 r1884 7313bb5
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=4 / deblock=1:-1:-1 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=umh / subme=9 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.15 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-3 / threads=3 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=5 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=23 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=18.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Audio
ID : 2
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 14mn 10s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 640 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 64.9 MiB (5%)
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Menu
00:00:00.000 : en: Drive Angry
00:02:27.689 : en: City Paradiso
00:05:42.842 : en: Legends of Flight
00:07:50.887 : en: Outback
00:09:51.215 : en: Seedlight
00:11:33.526 : en: Rio
Why did you set the PAR to 0.889? It should be 1:1 for High Def 16:9 content… The bug is your encode, not the WDTV. The WDTV is squishing the video because the video says to do it.
"Why did you set the PAR to 0.889? It should be 1:1 for High Def 16:9 content… "
Dunno, its not done by me. That is how i get it originally.
“The bug is your encode, not the WDTV. The WDTV is squishing the video because the video says to do it.”
Ok, but what the “Widescreen” option is suppose to do then?
If i Enabled it its squishing even more, compared to “Normal”.
I think something is wrong with it
In other word to scale properly i need to set the Aspect Ratio to Normal,
then will get the expected ratio 0.889 [for this movie], if i set the Aspect Ratio to Widescreen,
[like its suppose to be and like i was until now]
then the movie will be displayed squished say in 0.5-0.6 ratio… dunno why is this.
If i keep “Normal” Aspect Ratio i get a real 16:9 and not 4:3 like its written in manual.
When i set it to “Widescreen” dunno what i get… its an squished image…
The Widescreen option of the WD TV SMP definitely is flawed and do not work properly, i’ve report it here:
http://community.wdc.com/t5/WD-TV-Live-Streaming-Issue/Widescreen-option-is-bugged/idi-p/401697
Hope they will fix it asap.
