[MPlayer-users] Pan&Scan on 16:9-displays

[Alexander Roalter]

RC wrote:
> On Sat, 23 Jun 2007 20:33:55 +0200
> Alexander Roalter <alex at roalter.it> wrote:
> 
>> c) zoom in on mplayer with the w/e keys (which is not possible ATM).
> 
> Yes, yes it is.
> 
> man mplayer
> /panscanrange

Yes, but it is not the same as with widescreen movie cropping on a 
4:3-display. What maximum zoom factor should I specify on my special 
case then? On the first case I don't have to care about it: panscan 0 is 
the film as it is, panscan 1 is the movie fitted for 4:3.

When movieaspect is 16:9, the following should apply: panscan 0 is the 
video as it is, panscan 1 is the movie fitted for 16:9 (cropped on the 
top in this case). now I could calculate around for what factor would be 
the correct one to achieve this. I need to specify panscanrange -0.35 to 
get to this result. With 4:3 output this is too much, since it zooms in 
a bit too narrow.

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Cheers,
Alex