I'm looking for DVD & Xvid playback software with a zoom function, under
Ubuntu 8.04. At minimum, the ability to zoom in to a 16:9 video which
has been recorded as a 4:3 aspect ratio with black bars at the top &
bottom ("letterbox"). Ideally, the ability to zoom smoothly in small
increments to whatever level I wish.
VLC has this ability (it calls it "crop") but unfortunately its DVD
playback ability is very poor - doesn't seem to be able to cope with
moving forward/backwards through the DVD nor navigating to chapters.
MPlayer, Totem and Xine do not appear to have this facility at all,
although they do play back DVDs very well.
Has anyone got any alternative suggestions, or config advice to fix the
above?
I recorded a whole bunch of widescreen programmes from Sky+ onto my DVD
video recorder, for playback on holiday abroad, only to discover they'd
been recorded in letterbox format. Since I have a widescreen laptop,
this meant not only black bars at the top & bottom (letterbox) but also
black bars at the sides (padding 4:3 to 16:9). This drove me nuts!
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