In this tutorial I will walk you through installing Media Player Classic and stretch your video frame; to get rid of the black strips you get on the bottom and top of your screen (or right to left).
I use Media Player Classic for its user-friendly interface, tiny memory usage, and retro look. I have been using this player since I found it several years ago, and it’s still the best I’ve found.
Okay, let’s get started.
1- Go to http://download.cnet.com/Media-Player-Classic/3000-2139_4-10518778.html
2- Click on “Download Now”
3- Click on “Save File”
4- If the download doesn’t start automatically click on the “Click Here”
5- Run the program after the download is complete
6- Click on “Next”
7- Click on “Install”
8- Click on “Finish”
9- Leave “Run Media Player Classic 6.4.9″ checked off (to open the program)
Now i will show you how to set your default player to Media player Classic
10- Find a video file (.avi .mkv .mp4 etc.) and right click on it
*I suggest repeating this process for all video files you use for ease of use in the future.
11- Click on “Properties”
12- Click on “Change”
13- Click on “Browse”
14- Scroll Down until you see the “Media Player Classic” folder
15- Click on “Open”
16- Select “mplayererc”
17- Click on “Open”
18- Click on “Ok”
19- Click on ‘Options’
Now I will show you how to stretch the video frame
20- Double click on the file to open it
21- Right click anywhere within Media Player Classic
22- Select (hold your mouse over) “Video Frame”
*You may want to just override the aspect ratio here if you know what you are doing. Otherwise, I suggest that you keep following the steps.
23- Click on “Stretch To Window”
*You may want to select stretch to inside of window or outside of window here if the image is getting too distorted. The reason i use ‘Stretch To Window’ is so that i dont have those chunks of black on the top and bottom – or right and left. I have a 46″ TV and i actually use all 46″s 
24- Double anywhere within Media Player Classic, to make it full-screen
25- Voila, you now have a video player with all the codecs you will need, tiny memory usage, and friendly user-interface.
*You can control the volume by using the “Mouse 3″ button (scroll button between the Left and Right click buttons), roll up for higher volume, and down to lower the volume.
Click on “Finish”
Leave “Run Media Player Classic 6.4.9″ checked off (to open the program)
Leave “Run Media Player Classic 6.4.9″ checked off (to open the program)
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