[vlc] Re: Feature Request: Support for non square pixel aspect ratios on DivX

[Gildas Bazin]

On Thursday 28 November 2002 12:09, Monika Schilling wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Playing a DivX file VLC assumes that the pixel aspect ratio (PAR) is 
square (1:1). Therefore 625 (525) line TV 4:3 footage (PAR = 59:54 (10:11) 
and especially 16:9 footage (PAR = 118:81 (40:33)) is distorted 
> 
> Unfortunately in contrast to the MPEG file format the AVI file format does 
not define a field for PAR information. The resort is to let the user 
specify the correct PAR, as for example Zoom Player and BSPlayer do.
> 
> I like VLC especially because of its low CPU utilization and that there is 
absolutely no tearing in contrast to other players. However the lack of a 
PAR selection feature makes VLC for playing my self encoded DivX videos 
useless. 
> 

Thanks for this info, we'll add this feature ASAP.

Regards,

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Gildas
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