hello folks,
for my new theme i want to create a animated background. as i know, MPG and AVI is supported by GameEx. my native screen resolution is 1920x1200 on a 27´ inch monitor. my theme is planned for use with HDTVs which have a 1920x1080 resolution (as far as i know).
first i wanted my native resolution, but i realized that i could not make MPGs bigger than 1920x1080 with my editing-software![:(]()
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my question is, is this a limit by my editing-software or is it possible to make bigger MPGs than 1920x1080? what will happen on HDTVs if they would use a 1920x1200 resolution theme? will the theme be cropped or squeezed to fit the screen?
the AVI format is useless for me at the moment, because the resulting video would be way too big in filesize and probably not playable. as far as i know, AVI is not a codec, it is more a container for different codecs. what AVI codecs are supported by GameEx ?
the AVI codecs i have, are not looking nice and have artefacts if i try to have the same filesize like MPG, except the uncompressed codec which is way to big in filesize. the reason why i ask is that maybe i can create AVIs which are bigger than 1920x1080. its more a cosmetic thing, because i dont like the black borders on top and bottom of my theme, if i use my 1920x1080 MPG. off course i could use the fullscreen feature of GameEx to get rid off the black borders, but then my MPG is stretched to fill the whole screen, resulting in not perfect circles (have buttons in my theme) because of the stretching. as i want my theme to be compatible as possible for HDTVs, i think i must go that route, but maybe i am wrong and somebody here has a better solution. sounds easy, but if i use 1920x1080, i would need to recreate my theme right from the start, because i started with 1920x1200 and have this video problem now![:unsure:]()
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hope my problem is described clearly![:rolleyes:]()
and thanks for any help in advice.
for my new theme i want to create a animated background. as i know, MPG and AVI is supported by GameEx. my native screen resolution is 1920x1200 on a 27´ inch monitor. my theme is planned for use with HDTVs which have a 1920x1080 resolution (as far as i know).
first i wanted my native resolution, but i realized that i could not make MPGs bigger than 1920x1080 with my editing-software
.my question is, is this a limit by my editing-software or is it possible to make bigger MPGs than 1920x1080? what will happen on HDTVs if they would use a 1920x1200 resolution theme? will the theme be cropped or squeezed to fit the screen?
the AVI format is useless for me at the moment, because the resulting video would be way too big in filesize and probably not playable. as far as i know, AVI is not a codec, it is more a container for different codecs. what AVI codecs are supported by GameEx ?
the AVI codecs i have, are not looking nice and have artefacts if i try to have the same filesize like MPG, except the uncompressed codec which is way to big in filesize. the reason why i ask is that maybe i can create AVIs which are bigger than 1920x1080. its more a cosmetic thing, because i dont like the black borders on top and bottom of my theme, if i use my 1920x1080 MPG. off course i could use the fullscreen feature of GameEx to get rid off the black borders, but then my MPG is stretched to fill the whole screen, resulting in not perfect circles (have buttons in my theme) because of the stretching. as i want my theme to be compatible as possible for HDTVs, i think i must go that route, but maybe i am wrong and somebody here has a better solution. sounds easy, but if i use 1920x1080, i would need to recreate my theme right from the start, because i started with 1920x1200 and have this video problem now
.hope my problem is described clearly
and thanks for any help in advice.