Re: [xine-user] Aspect Ratio Questions

[Martina W. <mar...@be...>]

Andy Furniss <an...@fu...> wrote:

> > > What are the aspect ratios recognized by Xine ?
> >
> > aspect code      aspect ratio
> > 1                1:1    "square"

As in early movies with sound.

> > 2                4:3    "full screen" or "academy aperture"
> > 3                16:9   "anamorphic"

HDTV

> > 4                2,11:1 "DVB widescreen"

> > These are the aspects that can occur in MPEG files.
> 
> Can users set others ? 

I'm not sure, but there are other aspects in movies.
 
> I've got an mpeg4 sample which xine plays but it needs stretching to
> 2.35 (guess) 2.11 is not enough.

That would be standard "Scope" aspect ratio. 

Having worked as a projectionist for quite some time I still miss the
following:

"Academy Flat" - 1.85:1
(HDTV is _not_ Academy Flat as the aspect is 1.77:1)

"Cinerama" - 3.0:1, 2.77:1, 2.59:1 (made with 3 synchronous cameras,
quite rare, e.g. "How The West Was Won", "Napoleon")

The second "Cinemascope" - 2.55:1 (20,000 Leagues Under The Sea)

"Todd-AO" - 2.20:1 (many movies of the 50s and 60s)

"Ultra Panavision 70" - 2.76:1 (Ben Hur)

I'm not sure if any of these do actually occur in video files but your
file is at least one case of Cinemascope.

Martina