[MPlayer-users] tool to test cropping

[Andreas Lange]

Robert R. Wal wrote:

>>>PS. Obviously I meen gui tool of some sort if I want to actually see the
>>>picture ;) But the command line tool that would show me what I want to
>>>see based on command line parameters will do.
>>>
>>>[1] with possibility to seek another if selected one is too dark to see
>>> the black borders
>>>      
>>>

>I did RTFM ;) and that won't do. DVDs sometimes have some distorted areas
>near the black borders[1] or near the edge[2] that will stay after
>cropdetect. They are not visible when watching movie on TV because they
>usually end up outside of the visible area of tv screen.
>
>This is a distortion, and quite hard to compress so leaving them on the
>movie is just a waste of bandwith. That's why I usually try to get rid
>of it.
>
>Robert
>
>[1] resulting from complexity of encoding black border/image area
>[2] resulting from some optical effect during transfer
>
>  
>
If you really want a gui, maybe dvd::rip, a perl/tk frontend for transcode
is what you are looking for:
http://www.exit1.org/dvdrip/