[vlc] Re: Anamorphic material not displayed as anamorphic?

[Gildas Bazin]

On Friday 07 March 2003 15:57, Erik de Pomian (EAB) wrote:
> Hi
> I just downloaded the VLC player. Works fine on a 4:3 screen.
> 
> Is there a way to play anamorphic material in its intended aspect ratio 
(i.e. actors being tall and thin). The anamorphic material is currently 
displayed as letterbox (i.e. normal size of actors). 
> 
> The reason is that my CRT projector aspect ratio is set to only show 
anamorphic material. It would be good to be able to "squeeze" the material 
in any way I like.
> 

There is an option to change the default aspect ratio of a movie:
--aspect-ratio <string>

"Accepted formats are x:y (4:3, 16:9, etc.) expressing the global image 
aspect, or a float value (1.25, 1.3333, etc.) expressing pixel squareness."

Hope this helps,

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Gildas
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