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Poster: Taped Rugs Productions Date: Jan 11, 2014 2:32pm
Forum: forums Subject: Re: Please Help -- 4 by 3 videos now all 16 by 9?

Thanks for the reply. It happens with all 4 X 3 video on the archive. I have Windows Vista, and I use Firefox. When choosing the full screen option, the entire screen fills with the video, and this stretches out the image so everything seems wider and shorter. Until recently, the full screen option would create a sidebar on either side of the image to maintain its 4 x 3 proportions.

Here's an old 4x3 from the Prelinger Archives:
https://archive.org/details/0831_Salvation_Army_Mission_San_Francisco_00_01_00_02

Note how the people look sort of troll-like when the image expands and how there are no sidebars around the image. If YOU are seeing sidebars and a proper 4X3 image, please let me know, thanks.

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Poster: tracey pooh Date: Jan 11, 2014 3:10pm
Forum: forums Subject: Re: Please Help -- 4 by 3 videos now all 16 by 9?

ah, right, ok i see and can reproduce
(basically it's just the fullscreen click that has the 4:3 expand to 16:9 if monitor is 16:9, etc.)

and i know why this happened -- we're trying to avoid a current minor bug with "anamorphic" video in jwplayer for flash instances (so set jwplayer to "stretch" to size of container, where I'm setting the container size, etc.)

hmm, will have to think about this one a bit. if can't come up with anything, will likely have to revert so flash playback of anamorphic videos are "squished" (that bug) because, totally agreed, breaking *all* 4x3 videos in fullscreen is fail! 8-)

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Poster: Taped Rugs Productions Date: Jan 11, 2014 8:23pm
Forum: forums Subject: Re: Please Help -- 4 by 3 videos now all 16 by 9?

Thanks for the quick response Tracey Pooh! I appreciate all efforts made to fix this quirk of technology. Good luck.

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Poster: Taped Rugs Productions Date: Jan 15, 2014 2:44pm
Forum: forums Subject: Re: Please Help -- 4 by 3 videos now all 16 by 9?

Tracey Pooh, whatever you've done to fix this problem, it looks GREAT on my screen. THANK YOU. Charles

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Poster: tracey pooh Date: Jan 16, 2014 5:30pm
Forum: forums Subject: Re: Please Help -- 4 by 3 videos now all 16 by 9?

yah, i just had to cut our losses and remove my workaround for jwplayer bug with anamorphic videos (in flash mode only) getting distorted.

(eg: http://archive.org/details/anamorphic )

fullscreen for all trumps the limited number of anamorphic videos being viewed in the flash plugin 8-)

thanks again for the report!

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Poster: biscuitbear Date: Jan 3, 2025 5:05am
Forum: forums Subject: Re: Please Help -- 4 by 3 videos now all 16 by 9?

Hi Tracey

Can you help us out at https://archive.org/post/2431567/video-screen-size.
Thanks

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Poster: PD_Pol Date: Jan 3, 2025 3:08pm
Forum: forums Subject: Re: Please Help - Tracey may be gone.

Tracey, the very helpful, busy and pleasant admin, has not posted a reply to a users request since Nov 9, 2022 3:11pm. The account may have been renamed or they may have left the Archive.
The disturbance at IA has greatly reduced admin involvement in users postings. Good luck with your issue, it sure looks like we are on our own.

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Poster: biscuitbear Date: Jan 3, 2025 8:12pm
Forum: forums Subject: Re: Please Help - Tracey may be gone.

So who i going to solve my issues?
I also want to be able to make videos louder.
Thanks guys