Many believe that the time of cinemas, games rooms and concerts is drawing to a close. Now everyone can create all this at home, on a computer or on a portable device. Now there are many services with music, the latest films and the most interesting games. They can be used directly through the browser or downloaded and saved to your computer. However, certain incidents do occur. Content is not always well suited for a particular computer, so there may be times when the picture on the screen on the sides is limited by extra side stripes. It can be in a game or movie, or just while using other resources. Naturally, the question arises of how to remove the black bars on the sides of the screen? There are certain manipulations and settings to solve the problem. But let's talk about this after it becomes clear why and under what circumstances these same lines arise. To begin, consider the situation with computer games.
Black bars in games
When launching some interesting game in full-screen mode, the user notices that the program is loading, but there are black indents on the sides that steal part of the game space. Where do they come from?
Such bands appear in games in the following cases:
- the parameters of the game itself are incorrectly configured and the resolution is inadequate to the aspect ratio of the monitor;
- the video driver does not behave correctly;
- virus attack.
How to remove black bars on the sides of the screen in games? To do this, go through the indicated possible problems and find the real one. Therefore, first you need to go into the game’s settings and try to install various screen resolution options , as well as try to turn off “unfamiliar” game modes by simply unchecking the boxes. If this does not help, then you need to move on and, having downloaded the latest version of the driver from the official website of the video card manufacturer, install it and restart the computer. If the reason was in it, then everything will work and in the game the problem will disappear. But if the strips did not go away, then there is a high probability of damage to system files of the operating system by virus attacks, which can be fixed either by invitation of a specialist or reinstalling Windows.
Remove sidebars in video players
If everything is clear with games, then there are similar situations with watching movies on computers. The favorite film is launched, but once - and the part of the screen on the sides is simply “eaten” by these black stripes. Why did they appear here?
There may be several options:
- the format of the downloaded movie does not match the resolution of the monitor screen ;
- incorrectly configured video player;
- again, a problem with the video card driver;
- incorrect operation of codecs.
How to remove black bars on the sides of the screen when watching movies? Here, too, you need to go over for reasons and find the problem with the selection method. So, for starters, we study the data on the file containing the movie. Right-click on the corresponding file icon and select the “Properties” menu. Then go to the "Details" tab, where you can find data on the resolution of the film.
If the file is good, then go to the settings of the player used and look for the “Video” tab. There should be a “Aspect ratio” and “Crop” settings. You need to try different aspect ratio modes (for widescreen monitors this is usually 16: 9 and 16:10), as well as switch crop modes.
If all else fails, you can use the method to reinstall the video driver or find a newer codec package (preferably from K-Lite or Shark). Of course, there are other cases that require separate consideration by specialists on the spot. They will already say how to remove the black bars on the sides of the screen.
Configure the driver
After considering the possible options for the appearance of black bars in games and films, it becomes clear that the driver may be the reason for everything. How to remove the black bars from video and games by reinstalling the driver and configuring the utilities of the video card, we will describe further.
As already mentioned, software for devices must be searched on the official website. The program corresponding to the capacity of the system is selected , downloaded and installed. After that, you need to restart your computer. This may be enough, and maybe not enough. Therefore, we remove the black bars on the sides by configuring the utilities of the video card. For GeForce, it’s Nvidia, for AMD, it’s Catalyst Center, and for integrated video cards, it’s usually Intel Video. In each such utility, it is possible to adjust the resolution and aspect ratio. Here you need to try different combinations and restart the computer.
Customize monitor
If the previous tips did not help, then it is likely that the monitor itself is incorrectly configured. How to remove the black bars on the sides of the monitor in this case?
First you need to find the Auto button on it and just press it. In 90 of 100% of cases, this usually helps. But if there is no result, then go to the “Monitor Menu”, find the “Position / Size” tab and manually change the width of the screen, increasing it to the sides. The problem must be resolved.