Wrong Aspect Ratio

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  1. srdancer

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    I borrowed a neighbor's tape-to-DVD converter. I think it was a Sony. As I watched each tape being recorded, the aspect ratio was the correct 4:3. When I played-back the DVDs, they were stretched on my TV into widescreen. I wanted to create a DVD with menus, but all my PC software displays the movies in widescreen? (The mediainfo utility reports the files are 4:3.) Is there any way to correct this?
     
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    The VOB files AR can be checked by dragging into MediaInfo or Gspot.
    Assuming that the problem is with the .IFO files and not the .VOB files, download IfoEdit.

    Using a copy of the VIDEO_TS folder, run IfoEdit and open the IFO files.

    Open VIDEO_TS.IFO; scroll down to the listing where it shows the video.
    Double click on it and change the AR to 4:3 and de-select "automatic letterbox".
    Save the changes back to VIDEO_TS.IFO and agree to backup any other files.
    Open VTS_01_0.IFO repeat the changes and Save;agree to backup any other files..



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    Thank you for responding.

    The IfoEdit results for my files are slightly different from yours:

    1. In the lines for vts_1 and vts_01 mine reads (4:3) (not specified perm.display);

    2. In their video attributes, the "4:3" radio button is already checked.

    3. In both files, none of the three Static boxes are checked.

    Hope I can still get help.
     
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    Does using the picture settings on the TV not help?
     
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    There are no such settings for my TV. Windows has no such settings. Adobe Premiere has no such settings.
     
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    Pardon me for jumping in, but DVD players have a control in the
    video settings where you can set either 4:3 or 16/9 TV.

    The affect of this control has to do with how anamorphic DVD's are played.
    If an Anamorphic DVD is present and the DVD player is set to 4:3, the player
    itself squashes the picture (vertically) so the the aspect ratio is correct on
    4:3 TV's.

    Otherwise the picture fills the whole screen top to bottom (assuming the dvd picture
    doesn't have any hard coded black bars, which might be the case if the A/R of the
    content is actually wide than 16/9.

    Play the DVD on the computer.. Does it play with the correct A/R ?
     
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    "davexnet": Thanks for helping but:

    There are no such settings for my TV.
    Windows has no such settings.
    Adobe Premiere has no such settings.
     
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