[FFmpeg-user] prevent clean aperture value cropping

Edit 'B bouke at editb.nl
Thu May 15 09:44:36 EEST 2025



> On 15 May 2025, at 04:02, Carl Zwanzig <cpz at tuunq.com> wrote:
> 
> On 5/14/2025 11:31 AM, Edit 'B wrote:
>> The resolution is there, but the sides are supposed to be invisible.
>> The aperture to be shown should be even smaller.
>> (SD was an overscanned format. In the full frame you should often see the tip of a boom mic, that is ‘as close as possible, without being in the frame’)
> 
> If you're trying to archive tapes, there's a good argument for capturing all the information and maybe masking it down when viewing.
> 
> Later,
> 
> z!

Afaik, only the display is affected, NOT the actual captured pixels. It’s not like FFmpeg to throw away resolution without warning.

But without full info I can’t prove this of course.

Bouke


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