I've downloaded WMP 9 and the "Coral Reef" and "T2" clips. They look great but WMP 9 seems to always maintain the aspect ratio, and that is a problem.
My projector always has the Panamorph anamorphic lens in front of it, so for DVDs with PowerDVD I use YXY to stretch the image vertically before it gets to the projector.
Isn't there some way to do that stretch for WMP 9 ? YXY and "Full Screen" have no effect on the height of the image -- I just get bigger black bars top and bottom.
I was expecting to decide on an HDTV card soon and then re-encode stuff as WM9 to save disk space. I'm sure I must just be missing something simple in Windows Media Player. It can't be impossible to achieve this stretch on playback, can it ?
My projector always has the Panamorph anamorphic lens in front of it, so for DVDs with PowerDVD I use YXY to stretch the image vertically before it gets to the projector.
Isn't there some way to do that stretch for WMP 9 ? YXY and "Full Screen" have no effect on the height of the image -- I just get bigger black bars top and bottom.
I was expecting to decide on an HDTV card soon and then re-encode stuff as WM9 to save disk space. I'm sure I must just be missing something simple in Windows Media Player. It can't be impossible to achieve this stretch on playback, can it ?