Does Stardock plan to support 2560x1080 21:9 aspect ratio in Deskscapes 8

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Please can someone from Stardock let us know as these new ultra wide 21:9 aspect ratio monitors are becoming more poplar now with a resolution of 2560x1080.

Deskscapes 8 or lower do not appear to support beyond 1920x1080 resolution on Win 7 or 8 64 bit OSes.

I recently bought a 21:9 2560x1080 monitor but could not get Deskscapes 8 on Win 8.1 or Deskscapes 7 on Win 7 to go beyond 1920x1080 it just displays black pillowboxes either side of the screen on the dream.

Is this a limitation of the actual dream or DeskScapes as I also tried .avi .wmv & .dream files same result. I even tried changing some of the dreams so they were 2560x1080 format but it still only displays 1920x1080 with black borders either side. i know the OS can handle it if you use VLC media Player DirectX video Output & Show Media Title on video settings on a loop so wonder why Deskscapes does not appear to be showing beyond 2560x1080 resolution.

None of the scaling options within DeskScapes will make any difference either.

I bought versions 7 & 8 from Stardock neither work beyond this resolution am I missing something obvious ? (my video card has 3Gb VRam its an Nvidia GTX 780 Ti my PC is high end).

Thanks in advance for your response or any help anyone can offer.

 

 

 

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I  am using Deskscapes with 2560x1600 monitors with no problems on Windows 7 x64.  The scaling settings all work as expected.

 

What driver version are you using with your Nvidia card? 

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

337.50 so you can scale video dreams which are below 2560x1080 to stretch to fill the screen without pillowboxing? I have a multiboot PC with Win 8.1 & Win 7 installed neither will scale via Display Port or HDMI to 2560x1080. 1920x1080 seems to be the limit for many dreams I have.

 

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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting AWPC, reply 2
so you can scale video dreams which are below 2560x1080 to stretch to fill the screen without pillowboxing? I

Yes, on three monitors at once in fact, video loops as well as programmed dreams.  I'm using the Auto Detect option within the Adjust submenu if that helps.

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Ok thaks I am only using a single monitor so I will have to see what settings make the difference its weird at it always works in 1920x1080 mode no matter what I select in version 7 or 8 on Win 7 or Win 8.

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Just want to update this to say most dreams work now but a few for some reason will not stretch full screen width they are about 200 pixels short on the sides. Does anyone know how I make the dreams which do not stretch full width.

 

I have tried converting the dreams to mpg, wmv,avi & changing their attributes to the full 2560x1080 but it makes no difference whatsoever this is weird!

Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Solved myself now.

 

It seems some mpeg encoded dreams especially do not work properly you have to re-encode those so they are 1920x1080 by zooming into them on a video editor like Adobe Premiere then they will fill the screen.