Widescreen iPod video letterboxed and stretched

Posted Sep 15, 2009 · 13:23 UTC#1

I encoded a movie for my wife's iPod touch to test it. It's 480x270 (normal widescreen proportions), mp4--the precise format the iPod touch prefers.

When I play it on the Z, it's letterboxed, with black bands on the top and bottom, and the picture is squeezed between them.

Setting the widescreen mode on the Z to On or Off has no effect.

WTF? Any ideas?

Posted Sep 16, 2009 · 05:16 UTC#2

The widescreen setting on the Z is basically the same as changing it on the ipod, but try changing it on the ipod and see what happens. Also, what does it look like when it plays on the ipod only?

Posted Sep 16, 2009 · 19:23 UTC#3

I notice dthat if you go into settings and change widescreen off and also in the setting look at and see if it is on normal strech cinema ect

Posted Sep 17, 2009 · 01:15 UTC#4

It was the ipod. Wouldn't have guessed that the default output was 4:3.

Once that was fixed it looked great. Streaming video from an ipod does appear to be the best way to get a movie onto the screen with this thing. Certainly better than USB or SD.