How do I play .AVIs with PowerDVD 5?

[BlueFlame]

I can get them to play, but they are stretched. How can I change this?
Thank you.

[Brother John]

You can't. PowerDVD always stretches AVIs in fullscreen mode and there's no way to change that behaviour.
You'll have to use a different player: BS Player, MPC, Zoom Player...

[Tuning]

I think WinDVD can play correctly.[not streached in full screen]

Tuning

[SeeMoreDigital]

If you want a simple, straight forward player for your avi's (DivX, XviD, WMV9 VCM), then maybe the DivX player 2.5 is the one for you!

Cheers

[Reinhard]

Originally posted by BlueFlame
I can get them to play, but they are stretched.

:confused: Strange. MY problem is that PowerDVD 5 does NOT stretch avis any more.

I record avis from PAL-TV with a resolution of 768x288 (to avoid interlacing). Now, up to version 4 of PowerDVD these avis were stretched to full screen size. Power DVD 5 won't do this any more.

Am I stuck with version 4 now? Or is there a workaround for this problem???

[BlueFlame]

Originally posted by Brother John
You can't. PowerDVD always stretches AVIs in fullscreen mode and there's no way to change that behaviour.
You'll have to use a different player: BS Player, MPC, Zoom Player...

You can. :D PowerDVD 5 can, but it's flawed. Go to their site and download the patch for version 5.

http://www.gocyberlink.com/english/download/patches.jsp?ProdName=PowerDVD&ProdId=28


PowerDVD 5.0 Patch
Premier DVD Experience on the PC!
Version 5.0
Release Date 08/28/2003
File Size 6.6 MB
Information

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Update Information

Audio :

Fix audio delay via SPDIF output
Fix sound issues during VCD playback
Video :

Fix aspect ratio while playing DivX clips :D
Snapshot avi file: Fix in Win XP environment
Fix digital zoom issues: Now works during pause mode
Player:

Fix recognition of removable DVD-RAM drives
Fix default skin changing issues
Fix disc reading issue of Hybrid DVD Disc

[Reinhard]

I installed this patch and... everything remained the same. No stretching.

Could this be because I use DivX 3.1 and this patch only works with DivX 4/5 ??? :confused:

Sigh. I never had any problem with PowerDVD 4...

[Karl Beem]

The patch causes you to lose ATI's Theater mode, so beware. Get ZoomPlayer Pro and configure it to play DVDs with the Cyberlink(PowerDVD) filters. ZP's UI is vastly better than PowerDVD and is a great media player. What I especially like is to configure the mouse scroll wheel to advance or retreat thru the file. The control bar is also great in repositioning in the file.