[MPlayer-users] how to properly scale a dvd for divx encoding

[Kim Minh Kaplan]

Georgi Hristov writes:

> i have a 16:9 720x576 dvd and i'm trying to figure the correct command line
> to rescale it for divx coding.

Use "mencoder file.vob -vop scale=-1:-2 -sws 2" with the codec options
you want.


> with just
> mplayer file.vob
> it gets strecthed to 1024 horizontally, and i want it to be 720 wide.

MPlayer is for viewing, not encoding.  To view you movie 720 wide and
correct aspect ratio you could "mplayer -aspect 720:576 file.vob".
Kludgy but it works.

Kim Minh.