[MPlayer-users] Re: Monitor Aspect

[D Richard Felker III]

On Sun, Mar 07, 2004 at 12:41:01AM -0500, The Wanderer wrote:
> Phillip Heller wrote:
> 
> >>>Yes, -vf crop worked.
> >>>
> >>>I simply did 'gmplayer -monitoraspect 1.6666 -vf cropdetect',
> >>>took it's suggestion, and then re-ran with '-vf crop'.
> >>
> >>Is your monitor 1.6666 times as wide as it is tall? I really doubt
> >>it. If not, -monitoraspect 1.6666 is not the correct way to solve
> >>your aspect problem. Instead you should use -aspect to tell the
> >>aspect ratio of the movie.
> >
> >Yes, actually, the monitor is 1.6666:1.
> >
> >It's 9.125" x 5.5".
> >
> >(Sony Vaio TR3A)
> 
> That's actually 1.6590909090...:1, not 1.6666...:1. The difference may
> well not be noticeable in actual playback, though.

No, it's actually 73:44, but who's keeping score anyway?

Rich