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

[Dariusz Pietrzak]

> > 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
with SVCD additionally i noticed that encoding in 640x480 ( instead of
480x480 ) i gained size ( i.e. smaller filesizes ), and i didn't noticed
quality loss.

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Dariusz Pietrzak
yck, ... zaklął książę pan po francusku