TV Show Not Filling Screen

[DJAKO]

I've been ripping movies using the AppleTV present and everything looks fine on my older style CRT like TV.

I started to rip my Seinfeld DVDs using the same AppleTV preset and when viewed on my TV they are black bars on both sides of the movie, they aren't filling up the screen.

Why is this and how can I fix it?

I do plan on buying a 42in LCD TV in the next few months so I don't know if it would work on there, but for the time being I want it to look good on my current TV

 

[techlover828]

what are you using to rip the videos?

 

[DJAKO]

what are you using to rip the videos?

Same thing I use for everything. MTR > Handbrake

 

[techlover828]

I'm pretty sure the problem is just that the sienfeld episodes are old, and not HD, so they are not widescreen. This can't be fixed, it's just the aspect ratio of the original files.

 

[DJAKO]

I'm pretty sure the problem is just that the sienfeld episodes are old, and not HD, so they are not widescreen. This can't be fixed, it's just the aspect ratio of the original files.

But when I put the DVD and play it on the TV normally it plays fine and fills the screen. I don't see why this should be any different.

 

[techlover828]

But when I put the DVD and play it on the TV normally it plays fine and fills the screen. I don't see why this should be any different.

hmm, idk, maybe your dvd player has some sort of upscaler or something, not really sure.

 

[FreeState]

But when I put the DVD and play it on the TV normally it plays fine and fills the screen. I don't see why this should be any different.

Look at your TV remote and find the button to cycle through the aspect ratio's (sometimes referred to as format depending on the brand of TV) and there should be one that fills the screen. Some DVD players do this, the AppleTV does not (at least currently). Be aware that viewing any content this way will either stretch the picture or crop the top and bottom of the image.

 

[techlover828]

Look at your TV remote and find the button to cycle through the aspect ratio's (sometimes referred to as format depending on the brand of TV) and there should be one that fills the screen. Some DVD players do this, the AppleTV does not (at least currently). Be aware that viewing any content this way will either stretch the picture or crop the top and bottom of the image.

right, I was thinking that, there isn't a way to make the apple tv stretch the picture?

 

[cyberbolt]

Why would you want to watch something out of its original aspect ratio? You'll lose some of the picture!

 

[FreeState]

right, I was thinking that, there isn't a way to make the apple tv stretch the picture?

Nope - you could technically do it by editing the aspect ratio in the QuickTime file via QuickTime Pro - but its much easier to just do it via the TV's remote.

To do it in quicktime open the file and hit Apple and J at the same time that will bring up the screens shown below and change the scaled size to fit the widescreen dimentions:

 

[DJAKO]

Are there any settings I should adjust to fix this on Handbrake? When I do full screen movies that aren't wide screen they show up fine on my TV, why would a TV show be any different?

 

[FreeState]

Are there any settings I should adjust to fix this on Handbrake? When I do full screen movies that aren't wide screen they show up fine on my TV, why would a TV show be any different?

Newer shows are Anamorphic - old DVD are not. Use your TV remote to change the older non Anamorphic shows.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anamorphic_widescreen

Anamorphic widescreen is a video technique that utilizes rectangular (wide) pixels to store a widescreen picture into standard 4:3 aspect ratio. It was originally devised for widescreen television sets with a 16:9 aspect ratio but not in use before the advent of DVD and DVB.

 

[MacAficionado]

Just watch it as it is. It is the right way as Seinfeld was probably shot on 16mm film and is 4:3 aspect ratio.

Filling the screen in any way will, stretch the image or take out the top and bottom of it. That is just the way it is and will be.

 

[Avatar74]

Just watch it as it is. It is the right way as Seinfeld was probably shot on 16mm film and is 4:3 aspect ratio.

Filling the screen in any way will, stretch the image or take out the top and bottom of it. That is just the way it is and will be.

Seinfeld was shot on 35mm with a spherical lens at 1.33:1 (4:3).

35mm motion picture film has an aperture aspect ratio of 1.37:1.

 

[Avatar74]

I've been ripping movies using the AppleTV present and everything looks fine on my older style CRT like TV.

Is this a 4:3 standard definition TV? If so, it's not designed to be used with AppleTV.

I started to rip my Seinfeld DVDs using the same AppleTV preset and when viewed on my TV they are black bars on both sides of the movie, they aren't filling up the screen.

What is the target resolution of the preset you're using? (e.g. 720 x 480)

Is Anamorphic (PAR) checked or unchecked?

In order to properly troubleshoot you need to provide more information... otherwise we might as well throw darts at a board all night.