Aspect ratio changing?

Bushido Philosopher · Post by **Bushido Philosopher** » Fri Mar 07, 2003 6:33 pm

Looking on in some videos, I notice that the DVD had a little extra black space that was encoded with it, sometimes even both top & and bottom as well as the sides.

So should I clip those black parts and change it to 16:9 (or whevet it should be in) or should I try to encode it with whatever size it is when those black parts are clipped?

AbsoluteDestiny · Post by **AbsoluteDestiny** » Fri Mar 07, 2003 9:03 pm

Crop it definitely - it will only make it harder to encode otherwise.

After that, it probably would be wise to resize to 16:9 to fix the pixel aspect ratio difference.

So, in short - yes

Bushido Philosopher · Post by **Bushido Philosopher** » Sat Mar 08, 2003 3:50 am

Well ya see, the thing is that I'm sorta reluctant to since it's such a big clipping on the sides. Up and own I would have no prob, but cropping tons of sides is like.....well, different. And by a lot I mean like 15 or more on each side (this was on Card Captor Sakura Moive released here recently).

dokidoki · Post by **dokidoki** » Sat Mar 08, 2003 3:59 am

I think AD means only crop the black parts.

AbsoluteDestiny · Post by **AbsoluteDestiny** » Sat Mar 08, 2003 4:00 am

If it's for a con, then don't clip it - it will help with overscan (which is one of the reasons the side ones are there anyway)

If it's for an online distribution then clip away.

Bushido Philosopher · Post by **Bushido Philosopher** » Sun Mar 09, 2003 12:10 pm

Yah well I know what you're both saying it's just that I feel like I'm messing it up or something. But on the other hand it may be that Pioneer somehow messed up.

NicholasDWolfwood · Post by **NicholasDWolfwood** » Sun Mar 09, 2003 12:16 pm

O_O

What DVD(s) and show a screenshot.

Bushido Philosopher · Post by **Bushido Philosopher** » Mon Mar 10, 2003 5:15 pm

NicholasDWolfwood wrote:O_O

What DVD(s) and show a screenshot.

I've only found this on the Card Captor Sakura Movie.
And sorry I can't give a screenshot, no webspace.

AbsoluteDestiny · Post by **AbsoluteDestiny** » Mon Mar 10, 2003 5:17 pm

You'll also find it on End of Eva.