[MPlayer-users] Quick question: Aspect or Resize?

[Arpi]

Hi,

> 1) Encode the DVD "as-is" (720x480) without resizing it and just fix it with
> something like "-aspect 16:9" in mplayer (or select 16:9 inside of the
> windows DivX 5 player) during playback.
> 
> ... or ...
> 
> 2)  Encode the DVD using the appropriate values (like "-vop scale=720:404")
> to format it to the correct aspect ratio when encoding.
> 
> I've been using the first method with no problems - it works just fine...
> I'm just wondering if there's anything to be gained (or lost?) from scaling
> it as I'm encoding it.

gain: playable with silly players with no -aspect switch or similar
lost: quality, a lot


A'rpi / Astral & ESP-team

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