[MPlayer-users] A 1:1 rendition, please

[Rashkae]

ajaxas wrote:
> On Thu, 03 Jan 2008 09:40:14 -0500
> Rashkae <rashkae at tigershaunt.com> wrote:
> 
>> I think you misunderstand the problem.. (or I'm way over my head).. 
>> assuming you have an lcd monitor, that therefore almost always has 
>> square pixels, try mplayer with -monitorpixelaspect 1.
> 
> This is the default now, man mplayer:
> -monitorpixelaspect <ratio> (also see -aspect)		Set the aspect of
> a single pixel of your monitor or TV screen (default: 1).  A value of 1 means
> square pixels (correct for (almost?) all LCDs).
>  

Right, but the OP seemed to imply he feels compelled to customize 
monitorapsect for different movies... It's my understanding that monitor 
aspect need only be set to your screen/resolution combination.. Once you 
have that correct, Mplayer should scale all movies appropriately 
(assuming the movie has correct scaling information to begin with.).

and it's not clear yet whether his older version was still one that 
defaulted to 4:3 monitor aspect.  Hmm, but since 16:9 seemed to work for 
him, I suspect OP has a very strange monitor size/resolution combo 
going..   I apologize if this was asked, but what kind of screen is 
being used and at what resolution?