[MPlayer-users] Ripped DVD got wrong aspect ratio?

[Martin Pavon]

On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 08:21:54AM +0000, Diego Zuccato wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> Hello.
> 
> I'm just startingmy DVD-ripping experience. I bought "Saving private
> Ryan" and ripped it (w/ vobcopy).
> If I play the vob in mplayer it's all OK. So I did a 3 pass encoding:
> mencoder IT_1063531-1.vob -oac copy -aid 129 -ovc frameno -o frameno.avi
> mencoder IT_1063531-1.vob -oac copy -ovc lavc -lavcopts
> vcodec=mpeg4:vhq:vqmin=1:vqmax=31:vbitrate=1300:vpass=1 -aid 129 -o
> Ryan.avi
> mencoder IT_1063531-1.vob -oac copy -ovc lavc -lavcopts
> vcodec=mpeg4:vhq:vqmin=1:vqmax=31:vbitrate=1300:vpass=2 -aid 129 -o
> Ryan.avi
> 
> It all goes well (well... except it takes about 5h20', but I think
> that's quite normal, even on an AthlonXP 1900+) and the file is 2037M
> (so not more than the 2GB limit), BUT when I play Ryan.avi it's 4:3
> instead of 16:9 ! :-(
> 
> Do I have to use -vop scale as TFM says in 2.4.2.2 (isn't it for VCD
> only?) ?

Yes, you must scale (and probably crop). Any way your movie is not 4:3, 
it is 1.5:1

Try play it with

mplayer Ryan.avi -aspect 16:9; it must look fine.

Regards, 
-- 
Martín Pavón
martin_199ar at yahoo.com.ar
http://mate.dm.uba.ar/~mpavon/