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
End of AWPC's quote

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.