WD9 Premium, What's the cause for the grey border on the left and right sides of mp4

[pnwhiker]

WD9 Premium, Could someone explain why the grey border on the left and right sides
of imported mp4 video file, the width sometimes varies depending on mp4 file.
I hate doing this but I'm taking the lazy way out to show example's of what i'm talking about,
so here is a link to my website showing examples, see links below:
http://www.pnwhiker.org/zvideo/pnwvideo.htm , depending on your isp speed
usually just takes 2 minutes or so to download, longer for slower isp's.
or the main page http://www.pnwhiker.org, just click on Video camera icon to the left.
I want to say thanks for any insight, and sorry aout having to take up anyone's valuable time.
Thanks pnwhiker....................

[gwpriester]

Welcome to TalkGraphics

Your thread was moderated because you included a link on your first post which automatically hides your post until a moderator can determine if it is spam.

Not sure what the problem is but check back in a bit and one of the members will probably have the answer.

[suzzie1234]

It may be that you have already found your solution because the videos look pretty nicely framed in their window when I looked at your link more than a month later on Feb 26th.

It might have been that the actual aspect ratio of the video itself was smaller than the size of your placeholder box... and maybe a little mis-sized possibly.

Sometimes when I place a video on a page... I have to go back and look at the videos original dimensions again and then tweek the placeholder box in Xara to match the actual video size itself...otherwise... I get letterboxing or edge lines on the sides too. Some videos are squarer or wider than you first think they are...so they require just a little matching up and tweeking to get the video window sized to match up perfectly.

Sometimes If I have a different set of permanent player controls down below the frame... I also have to add some extra pixels vertically to accommodate the height of the controls themselves.

Good Luck,

Suzzie