[MPlayer-users] Re: which deinterlace filter

[D Richard Felker III]

On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 03:44:37PM -0700, rcooley wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 01:38:57 +0200
> Andreu Escudero <lemon at canuda.net> wrote:
> 
> > I assume you have never seen a PAL DVD, because all of them use 576
> > lines. That's a 20% more than a NTSC one. 
> You missed the important part...  "widescreen"...  Widescreen DVDs don't
> use all the lines, they usually leave a great many of them as black.  If
> they needed/wanted more lines, they could use more (by having less
> lines black), and just change the aspect to keep it as the same ratio,
> while allowing them to use more lines.

Only two aspects are allowed, 4:3 and 16:9. A 2.35:1 movie always has
to have black lines on DVD, and most action movies are filmed at this
aspect. Blame the cheapness of the industry, not wanting to spend $5
per unit on an extra scaler. :(

Rich