K, my problem is that I'm getting a bigger display from my Playstation2 than I am from my computer. Now I understand that S-Video will give me a smaller display to begin with, but being that both sources are transmitted via S-Video cable, I see no reason why they shouldn't be the same size in the end.
Unless the resolution outputted by my PS2 is something special that I'm not aware of. On my computer, I can switch between 640x480, 800x600, and 720x480. Now 720x480 gives me that big screen that I want, just like the PS2. (640x480 doesn't do, and 800x600 ends up even smaller.)
Here, then, is my predicament. I've set the resolution to 720x480 giving me the wider image, but for some reason my video gets screwed up. Now my DVDs and movie files display video that's been shoved over to the right. What used to be on the left hand side of the screen is now on the right. The left hand side ends up being completely blank.
Bear in mind that this only effects the video (conveniently enough). My programs and all of Windows XP are arranged correctly. It's only the video that's been pushed over. And it's only pushed over once I've switched from monitor to TV mode.
Is there any way to fix this? I'd love to have that extra detail projected on my wall without have to sacrafice half the image.
Any help is appreciated.
-4am
Unless the resolution outputted by my PS2 is something special that I'm not aware of. On my computer, I can switch between 640x480, 800x600, and 720x480. Now 720x480 gives me that big screen that I want, just like the PS2. (640x480 doesn't do, and 800x600 ends up even smaller.)
Here, then, is my predicament. I've set the resolution to 720x480 giving me the wider image, but for some reason my video gets screwed up. Now my DVDs and movie files display video that's been shoved over to the right. What used to be on the left hand side of the screen is now on the right. The left hand side ends up being completely blank.
Bear in mind that this only effects the video (conveniently enough). My programs and all of Windows XP are arranged correctly. It's only the video that's been pushed over. And it's only pushed over once I've switched from monitor to TV mode.
Is there any way to fix this? I'd love to have that extra detail projected on my wall without have to sacrafice half the image.
Any help is appreciated.
-4am
If you're using a software DVD player to play your videos, try setting the software to disable screen resolution switches for video playback. That might be a fix.
TheGiver said:
I looked into that screen resolution switch. On PowerDVD, it was set up so that it didn't switch. But even in Quicktime, my files are screwed up.
An externally hosted image should be here but it was not working when we last tested it.
This is the opening preview screen. You can see that the entire movie's been pushed over.
I didn't see any resolution options in Quicktime, either.
A few things to note:
1) The video shows up completely in the little preview box when the file is selected in Explorer. Nothing is pushed over. Seems to show up correctly. Of course it's a teenie weenie little preview thing, so it's fairly useless. Just thought I'd point that out as it seems awkward to me that it would show up correctly there, but not in the actual player (Quicktime, Windows Media Player, PowerDVD, etc.)
2) The image in my previous reply (of Charlies Angels 2 trailer) was doctored. I couldn't get an actual screenshot when it was doing it. The video just showed up blank. So I had to take a shot of it when it was fine, and push the video over myself. Don't know if that whole "video showed up blank in screenshots" thing clues anybody in, but I'll cross my fingers. That image is still a pretty accurate representation of how it looks, though.
-4am
1) The video shows up completely in the little preview box when the file is selected in Explorer. Nothing is pushed over. Seems to show up correctly. Of course it's a teenie weenie little preview thing, so it's fairly useless. Just thought I'd point that out as it seems awkward to me that it would show up correctly there, but not in the actual player (Quicktime, Windows Media Player, PowerDVD, etc.)
2) The image in my previous reply (of Charlies Angels 2 trailer) was doctored. I couldn't get an actual screenshot when it was doing it. The video just showed up blank. So I had to take a shot of it when it was fine, and push the video over myself. Don't know if that whole "video showed up blank in screenshots" thing clues anybody in, but I'll cross my fingers. That image is still a pretty accurate representation of how it looks, though.
-4am
720x480 is the wrong aspect ratio for a vidieo signal...I`m rushed here with a reply but I will come up with a more definitive answer
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If it's just with video files, I believe it may be a driver problem. Try updating the drivers for your video card (or rolling back to a previous driver) or installing DirectX 9.0a for XP. If that doesn't fix it, then I guess it's because of the odd resolution you are using and the easiest fix would be to use a resolution that's more common.
Funny, im actualy having the exact same problem when playing dvds on my linux box using video lan dvd player. I'm still trying to figure it out. I'm pretty sure it is not a driver problem. At first i though is was some encryption problem, but now im puzzled 🙂.
I think PAL is 720x576, PAL always has more lines vertically than NTSC. NTSC is 720x480, I believe. The problem looks to be an overlay glitch that could possibly be fixed through drivers.
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