I downloaded some music videos off youtube in mp4 format.

When i play them they only take up about half the screen. Is there anyway to get them full screen? Or do i have to resize the video with a program?

1. Go to the function menu (top left of screen) and mess with the full/wide screen setting

2. Check the resolution/dimensions of the video. Chances are they are way smaller than the screen size. Youtube videos are usually like 480x360 or something like that. You might have to re-encode the video with new dimensions to fit the 800x480 screen.

2. Check the resolution/dimensions of the video. Chances are they are way smaller than the screen size. Youtube videos are usually like 480x360 or something like that. You might have to re-encode the video with new dimensions to fit the 800x480 screen.

^^^ That's what it'll be. Annoyingly, the F series can't properly scale SD/USB video to fit the screen, so it has to be encoded as per the spec in the manual (640x480 IIRC).

Even more annoyingly, the F is widescreen, but 640x480 is 4:3, so widescreen video ends up stretched, with black bars at the top and bottom. The only way I've solved this is to resize widescreen video to fill a 640x480 frame when I encode it. It looks wrong on your PC, but will appear correctly on the F.

Is there a free program you are using to change the resolution of the mp4 files?

I'm serching but i can't find a good one.

No, it's actually 800X480... 16:10 (give or take)

There is also an option to switch between full and wide screen modes in the function menu, which adds and removes the black bars on the sides depending on whether you are using 4:3 or widescreen videos.

Is there a free program you are using to change the resolution of the mp4 files?

 

I'm serching but i can't find a good one.

Handbrake - http://handbrake.fr/

SUPER © - http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html

Is there a free program you are using to change the resolution of the mp4 files?

 

I'm serching but i can't find a good one.

 

Handbrake - http://handbrake.fr/

SUPER © - http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html

thank you very much sir. Gonna try these out, I'll give an update in a few minutes

No, it's actually 800X480... 16:10 (give or take)

 

There is also an option to switch between full and wide screen modes in the function menu, which adds and removes the black bars on the sides depending on whether you are using 4:3 or widescreen videos.

I'm not sure what you're referring to, but the F manual states specifically that SD/USB videos should be 640*480.

The Full/Wide option works on DVDs, but not Divxs or mp4s as far as I can tell. It certainly won't scale a small video up to fill the screen.

handbrake is only to convert a dvd to mp4.

Super C was complicated and gave me errors

Yeah, super c is complicated... but you can convert ANYTHING to ANYTHING with it if you can get the settings right.

Yeah, super c is complicated... but you can convert ANYTHING to ANYTHING with it if you can get the settings right.

Is there a way to figure out what the stock video specs are?

I'd like some help here too. I've tried a couple free converters but its only a trial version, and the video still hiccups like crazy. I wish there was one program that was free, verified to work, and easy to use.

Try the one in this topic:

http://www.avic411.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15136

I'm in the same boat.

The original mp4 is about 20 megs. When i try to change the resolution to 800x480 the file size goes to about 70megs and makes the unit all choppy and slow.

Raise the resolution but lower the frame rate some.

i give up, can't figure this shit out

Raise the resolution but lower the frame rate some.

Ok what are the optimal settings you are using to get this right, I can re-encode with Quicktime but the F90 wont recognize some of the re-encodes.