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Originally Posted by Sylf
Anyway. If you are using MPC (it doesn't matter if you're using CoreAVC or ffdshow), then go to the menu, and select View->Video Frame->Override Aspect Ration->5:4. Remember to put it back to default (no override) when you watch the 16:9 (wide screen) video.
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What? NO! NONONO! BAD AND WRONG! 4:3 is NOT 5:4! Also, your MONITOR's aspect ratio is very probably not 5:4 either (unless it's an LCD/TFT), so DO NOT USE THAT ASPECT RATIO!
Ahem. Enough caps. Go read
this thread, more specifically the posts about aspect ratios. Then come back, enlightened, and realize that black bars is Good and Right.
EDIT: if you have a CRT (which is most likely 4:3) and your desktop resolution is 1280x1024, you just need to change desktop resolution. 1280x1024 is NOT 4:3, it's 5:4, and that's very wrong to run on a 4:3 CRT. 1280x960 is the proper resolution you want. However, Sylf's trick will work if you really insist on keeping 1280x1024.