Handbrake 4:3 displaying as 16:9 on HD200

[chrishallowell]

Hi all,
I'm hoping someone can tell me why my 4:3 DVD movie is playing back at 16:9 on my 16:9 TV (No pillar boxing). There should be pillar boxing since I'm playing a 1.33 movie (Casper) on a 16:9 display.

I tried two ways in Handbrake 0.9.3:
1. Anamorphic = none
2. Anamorphic = Strict

Both get displayed on my 16:9 TV with no pillar boxing.
TV aspect setting = Full
SageTV aspect setting = source

Any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated!

[reggie14]

Are you running Sage on PC client or an extender?

[chrishallowell]

An Extender (HD200)

[bialio]

Try switching to some other aspect ratio, and then back to source. There is a bug in the Extender that stretches out 4:3 source material (basically the "FILL" effect) but still says that it's using source.

btl.

[chrishallowell]

ok, thanks! I'll try that when I get home. I'm just happy there's an explaination.

[reggie14]

Originally Posted by bialio

Try switching to some other aspect ratio, and then back to source. There is a bug in the Extender that stretches out 4:3 source material (basically the "FILL" effect) but still says that it's using source.

How consistent is that bug? I have an HD100, and I don't think I've had problems playing back 4:3 TV episodes encoded using Handbrake.

I'll do some more tests when I get home tonight.

[bialio]

I see it the most when playing back DVD rips. For a DVD rip that I shrank down with Handbrake I don't see the issue as often.

[reggie14]

Originally Posted by bialio

I see it the most when playing back DVD rips. For a DVD rip that I shrank down with Handbrake I don't see the issue as often.

Ahh, I think I've seen that problem (or a similar one). Except, in my case, I didn't think it was stretched, but rather the HD100 zoomed in on the video and menus. Cycling through the aspect ratio modes did fix it though, as you suggested. I worked with Sage on the issue a little bit, and we all basically convinced ourselves that it was probably a problem with the DVD and not the HD100 because it happened consistently with some rips, and wouldn't happen with others. Have you contacted Sage?

[chrishallowell]

I've done some more playing around with this...

On High definition TV shows (16:9), I get pillar and letterbox. If I flip through the Video outputs it eventually shows properly (no pillar and no letterbox).

This seems to happen during commericals.

I plan on doing some more testing when I get a chance.

Is there a setting somewhere that says always have the HD200 ouput the source resolution?