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31. May 2005 @ 20:22 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
What's the ratio format for widescreen viewing? Is it 4:3 or 16:9?

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31. May 2005 @ 20:30 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
If you have a widescreen display(crt,lcd,plasma,dlp, etc.) then 16:9 is the aspect ratio, but not all movies are 16:9.
http://www.widescreen.org/aspect_ratios.shtml

Why do you ask?

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31. May 2005 @ 20:43 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
When I'm converting movies from DivX to DVD, I get a prompt asking for the Aspect (Auto, 4:3, or 16:9).

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31. May 2005 @ 20:51 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
You probably should have posted in the Divx forum.

http://forums.afterdawn.com/forum_view.cfm/41

Sorry, I'm not familiar with the divx format.
I'll see if one of the mods will move this thread to the appropriate forum.

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31. May 2005 @ 21:17 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
moved

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31. May 2005 @ 21:29 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Thank you.
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1. June 2005 @ 18:42 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Flip what're you doing? LoL ;^)
This forum is DVD to DivX - the fellow is asking about rather the opposite.
We have a DivX to DVD forum
http://forums.afterdawn.com/forum_view.cfm/40
Juaneryle, movies playback as either pan & scan or 'letterbox'.
A standard computer monitor is 4:3 which is fine for pan & scan content, but must letterbox the widescreen content.
Movies come in 1.85:1 or 2.35:1 aspect ratios. For either one, you should select 16:9
You can see that a 16:9 monitor will playback a 1.85:1 film almost perfectly :^)
For a wide Panavision scope (2.35:1) there will still be small black bars top & bottom.
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I have no idea what your talking about :) lol

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1. June 2005 @ 21:31 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Thanks, The_OGS, that's the answer I was looking for.

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1. June 2005 @ 21:51 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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I have no idea what your talking about :) lol
Hey that's okay! (nobody's perfect).
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You probably should have posted in the Divx forum.
That would be... wrong, since he is converting movies from DivX to DVD, and we have a DivX to DVD forum (and this is now in it!)
If his question is in the right forum it will of course be answered better,
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