2 problems with new Divx dvd player

[darossa]

Hi
I got a Samsung F-1080 DVD Player (http://www.samsung.com/uk/consumer/detail/detail.do?group=homeentertainment&type=dvd&subtype=standarddvdplayer&model_cd=DVD-F1080/XEU), which also plays DivX/XviD. The goal is to have a Xvid encoded .avi file with a .srt subtitle to be properly displayed. The first problem is about the visibility of the subtitles. They display in a light, almost invisible font, and I don't know where to change it. By searching the PDF manual, the only instance of the word "font" was in a screen of the player options, made to remember the user that "standard fonts are nto supported".

The second thing is that, although I'm using it on a 4:3 Sony CRT TV, the video frame is cropped. I want to playback a 16:9 video encoded in Xvid. The side edges are cut, meaning that the display area is actually smaller than the movie is (I compared a video played in the pc monitor to the TV). I thought the fact of the TV being a 4:3 wouldn't matter because I expected the upper and down blackstripes to be added; they actually were, but not perfectly, the cropping remains. I tried navigating through the options of 4:3 Pan&Scan, Letterbox, 16:9 wide, and no one was satisfactory.

What to do guys?
Thanks in advance.

[setarip_old]

Hi!

Despite what you've said, "Letterbox" mode should output he proper ratio (albeit a smaller image than you might want)...

[manono]

It sounds to me like the TV's overscan is cutting off the sides. Nothing unusual there, if that's the case.

[darossa]

It sounds to me like the TV's overscan is cutting off the sides. Nothing unusual there, if that's the case.

I'm going to perform some tests in a few hours, but... that's probably not the case, so. When the TV was next to the PC, I could perfectly watch 16:9 videos in it through a S-video cable, in what seemed to be the letterbox method, with the black stripes added on top and bottom. No cuts in the edge that I could not correct by setting in the video board settings (GeForce 4 Mx 440).

[manono]

There can be a big difference between watching via an HTPC and via a standalone. In addition, many standalones crop themselves, before sending the picture on to the TV set.

[Milcoi]

Try AVIAddXsub

http://www.calcitapp.com/AVIAddXSubs.php

create a .divx and try again!

the tool converts your .avi and .srt into a .divx within 2 minutes!!

then try... when not working rename the .divx to .avi

succes

[darossa]

Thanks, I'll give a try. I'll be back if new issues arise! :)