Re: DVD recorder playback is 'tall and skinny' like me!

Mon Jun 21 2004, Dave wrote:
> (ogle 0.9.2-cvs with Fedora Core 2 using Xorg at 1024x768,millions of
> colors)
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I have an aspect problem with material 'time shifted' using a domestic
> (UK PAL) Philips DVD recorder onto DVD+RW. Ogle correctly plays the menu
> correctly and I can select recorded titles as required (ogle is the only
> player I have that does this :) ).
> 
> However when the title is played back it is 'tall and skinny' (20:9
> anamorphic I think??). I've tried to produce an onscreen 4:3 by changing
> settings in .oglerc as per man oglerc and from various messages I've
> read back in the ogle archives.
> 
> Indeed I've spent a few days trying all sorts of combinations in the
> video section of .oglerc. Nothing seems to make a difference though and
> in fact no matter what entries I try it doesn't look as if my ogle is
> taking note of any changes. I've tried as root and user.
> 
> If I play the VOB files in other players then the aspect is shown
> correctly as 4:3 or 16:9 as necessary. Unfortunately those 'other'
> players do not utilise the DVD recorders menu system correctly but
> require the VOB's to be manually added to a playlist first. So obviously
> I would like to try and solve this matter if possible.
> 
> Commercial DVD's play okay as intended. It's just the one's from the DVD
> recorder that misbehave. Perhaps I need to buy some special
> anti-anamorphic glasses to squish it back :)
>  
Ok that's a bit strange.  Could you send a copy of the IFO files from the
DVD and the output of running ogle --debug  (i.e. ogle --debug &>ogle.log
and send ogle.log).

Either the IFO files are bad or Ogle is read/interpreting something in them
the wrong way.

/Håkan