I have not been able to find the answer to this anywhere else, so I am throwing it out to the group in the hope that someone here will know. Background: My clients all use proprietary Windows apps. One of the apps converts a video file from a really proprietary format to AVI. When viewed after the conversion (by either WMP or mplayer) the aspect ratio is set at 4:3 but should be at least 16:9, preferrably 8:3. I can stretch the picture using mplayer, like so: For 16:9 I use: mencoder -ovc copy -force-avi-aspect 1.77777 original.avi -o test.avi and when test.avi is viewed in mplayer it looks ok but, of course, WMP is too stupid to read the header info. Evidently xine and VLC media player are, too, since ONLY mplayer will play test.avi with the corrected aspect ratio. The other players all see the original 4:3. What is the best way to change the aspect ratio of the file so that it looks the same to any player? If this forum is not the appropriate place to ask this question, then where would be the best place to ask that will insure an answer? Thanks, Fred -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org