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    So i have a home server set up and installed, i finished installing it last night, everything seems to be working fine. i added rought 200 video files of both avi and mp4 and for the most part everything is working fine, but i am having two problems:

    1. some of the mp4 files i have are in widescreen resoultion but when vail streams them they are streamed in sd, therefore making the picture "squeezed"

    2. all of the origional files that i added are showing up fine, but since i installed the server initially yesterday i have hadded roughtly 20 more avi and mp4 files to the video folders but they do not show up in the online streaming, if i just browse to the folder, either online or in explorer they all show up, but they do not show up in the media streaming secotion of the web interface.

    Any help on either of the topics would be very helpful, thank you.

    Friday, May 7, 2010 2:47 PM

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    You could report a bug on Connect or vote on one that's already there. The latter is probably better, since I'd bet the aspect ratio issue is more or less "by design" and Microsoft likely knows exactly where to look.

    I'll also note that reporting bugs at this stage is really way more important than finding workarounds to issues. A workaround is great, it lets you use your Vail server, but the whole purpose of a beta (even a public beta) is to test , not use , to find the problems and report them for correction.

    I'm not on the WHS team, I just post a lot. :)
    Tuesday, May 11, 2010 5:37 PM
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    I have had the same problem. If you haven't tried it reboot the server, might work

    Second make sure all folders that have video's in them have video sharing turned on.

    Friday, May 7, 2010 10:21 PM
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    I have the same issue with the 1st question.  I noticed on the internal home network my streaming of videos is staying in 16:9, however, when at work (10 miles away) the same video streams as 4:3 ratio like you mentioned.

    As for your 2nd question I would assume the same as above with rebootin and checking the folder shares.

    Saturday, May 8, 2010 3:42 AM
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    I have had the same problem. If you haven't tried it reboot the server, might work

    Second make sure all folders that have video's in them have video sharing turned on.

    I tried rebooting it and eveytime i reboot it, it adds just one video, i reboot it and it adds another, and so on and so forth. also i have having the problem as well where it will stream 16:9 in my home network but over the internet i can only get 4:3
    Sunday, May 9, 2010 1:13 AM
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    Does this aspect ration issue (16:9 videos being streamed as 4:3) happen with all 16:9 videos? Or is this specific to a certain format/codec?
    Sunday, May 9, 2010 1:56 AM
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    Does this aspect ration issue (16:9 videos being streamed as 4:3) happen with all 16:9 videos? Or is this specific to a certain format/codec?
    It is happening with all of my videos. I have some stored as h.264 in mp4 containers, as well other videos stored a xvid mpeg-4 in an avi container, with multiple different resolutions and audio formats including AAC and mp3.
    Monday, May 10, 2010 1:59 PM
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    I can confirm the same as donky353.  At home the 16:9 work fine, but they stream as 4:3 when I'm not at home.

    I'm testing the same video at home as at work, and I'm also accessing them the same identical way at home and at work.

    Tuesday, May 11, 2010 1:39 AM
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    So i have a home server set up and installed, i finished installing it last night, everything seems to be working fine. i added rought 200 video files of both avi and mp4 and for the most part everything is working fine, but i am having two problems:

    1. some of the mp4 files i have are in widescreen resoultion but when vail streams them they are streamed in sd, therefore making the picture "squeezed"

    2. all of the origional files that i added are showing up fine, but since i installed the server initially yesterday i have hadded roughtly 20 more avi and mp4 files to the video folders but they do not show up in the online streaming, if i just browse to the folder, either online or in explorer they all show up, but they do not show up in the media streaming secotion of the web interface.

    Any help on either of the topics would be very helpful, thank you.

    I activated my copy oh HS and it seems to be detecting media a little bit better. However, i am still have the issue of the wrong aspect ratio being played. If there is a fix or work around of this that would be great, thanks you.
    Tuesday, May 11, 2010 4:28 PM
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    You could report a bug on Connect or vote on one that's already there. The latter is probably better, since I'd bet the aspect ratio issue is more or less "by design" and Microsoft likely knows exactly where to look.

    I'll also note that reporting bugs at this stage is really way more important than finding workarounds to issues. A workaround is great, it lets you use your Vail server, but the whole purpose of a beta (even a public beta) is to test , not use , to find the problems and report them for correction.

    I'm not on the WHS team, I just post a lot. :)
    Tuesday, May 11, 2010 5:37 PM
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    You could report a bug on Connect or vote on one that's already there. The latter is probably better, since I'd bet the aspect ratio issue is more or less "by design" and Microsoft likely knows exactly where to look.

    I'll also note that reporting bugs at this stage is really way more important than finding workarounds to issues. A workaround is great, it lets you use your Vail server, but the whole purpose of a beta (even a public beta) is to test , not use , to find the problems and report them for correction.

    I'm not on the WHS team, I just post a lot. :)

    Thank you for your help, i was able to find a issue that has already been posted. If anyone else would like to vote on it, it can be accessed here:

    https://connect.microsoft.com/WindowsHomeServer/feedback/details/554212/h-264-video-not-streamed-in-correct-size-or-aspect-ratio

    Tuesday, May 11, 2010 6:04 PM