[MPlayer-users] aspect ratio

[Stephen Davies]

On Fri, 27 Sep 2002, olivier LORILLU wrote:

> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> I have a problem with the aspect ratio given by mplayer for a DVD.
> It is a DVD which I know it's a 2.35 one (The Mask of Zorro), but the command 
> :
> mplayer -ao null -vo null -dvd 1 -frames 0 -v 2>&1 | grep aspect
> give me :
> L'aspect du film est 1.78:1 - pré-redimensionnement à l'aspect correct.
> 
> Why ???

The film will have black borders at the top and bottom to mask the frame
to 2.35:1.  But including the border the actual image ratio is 16:9.

Steve