[MPlayer-users] Re: Monitor Aspect

[Phillip Heller]

On Sun, 2004-03-07 at 11:43, D Richard Felker III wrote:
> 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?

Well, this all really depends on how accurate my screen measurements
were.   ;-)  I actually measured the screen with a ruler because I was
too lazy to find the actual measurements online.

-- 
Phillip Heller <pheller at lessjunk.com>