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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 1,946 |
| | Posted: | | | | I read in some other posts, some of you use powerdvd to verify the aspect ratio. The only info I can get out of it is that it is widescreen yes/no, letterbox yes/no and a source picture resolution which for region 2 DVD's always appears to be 720*576. Any idea on how to get the actual aspect ratio.
I also tried IfoEdit, but this doesn't seem to provide more info.
Thanks,
Chris | | | View my collection at http://www.chriskepolis.be/home/dvd.htm
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | Ther is no tool I know of that provide AR data, the only way you can do it is via screen cap and measurement. be careful, we have been around the horn on this more than a few times.
Skip | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!!
CBE, MBE, MoA and proud of it.
Outta here
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 922 |
| | Posted: | | | | I take a screenshot and cut the black bars away.The rest is mathematics  | | | 
Deutsches DVD Profiler Forum: www.dvdprofiler-forum.de |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 465 |
| | Posted: | | | | I use a tool named "JRuler" - works fine for me. | | | | Michael |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 |  Posts: 235 |
| | Posted: | | | | If you don't want to spend time using rulers, here's a good rule of thumb: If the PowerDVD window is wide and the picture fills the entire window with no black bars, the movie is 1.78:1. If there are small black bars at the top and/or bottom, it is most likely 1.85:1. If there are wide black bars, it is most likely 2.35:1. If the window is more like a square and the picture fills the entire screen, it's 1.33:1. If it's like a square with about 33% of the picture being black bars, it is widescreen letterbox, if the black bars are even wider, it is most likely letterbox 2.35:1 (The Abyss is a good example of this). Go with this, combined with what is on the cover and you should be OK. Let the freaks with the rulers recontribute if they feel like it. /Mikkel | | | | DVD Profiler på Dansk |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 2,293 |
| | Posted: | | | | LOL. IIRC the Rules now say believe the box unless it's definitely wrong... I think  | | | | It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 3,436 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Voltaire53: Quote:
LOL.
IIRC the Rules now say believe the box unless it's definitely wrong... I think No, they still say: Quoting the Rules: Quote:
Use the Video specified on the DVD Cover unless you can verify there is a discrepancy between that and the actual Video included on the disc. When contributing accurate, DVD based Video – including P&S in place of Full Frame - include your verification method in your Contribution Notes. So the cover is simply the starting point... Whether a measured value of e.g. 2.40 when the cover states 2.39 does "add significant value to the database" will be up to the voters... | | | Achim [諾亞信； Ya-Shin//Nuo], a German in Taiwan.
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 211 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting ya_shin: Quote:
So the cover is simply the starting point... Whether a measured value of e.g. 2.40 when the cover states 2.39 does "add significant value to the database" will be up to the voters... If someone is going to start doing that they better start posting their measuring implement specs and methods in the contribution notes because even on a 60" set that's a difference of about 0.1 inch. |
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 5,918 |
| | Posted: | | | | I take a screen cap and then use a boundry square to mark the top left to bottom right corners in PSP - while I'm drawing the bounding square, it tells me the aspect ratio. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 5,494 |
| | Posted: | | | | I.ve been studying aspect ratios for over 25 years,, and I can just look at the screen and determine what size it is..
The total list I use is
1:33.1
1:37.1
1:66.1
1:78.1
1:85.1
1:90.1
2:00.1
2:20.1
2:30.1
2:35.1
2:40.1
2:50.1
2:55.1
2:60.1
2:76.1 | | | In the 60's, People took Acid to make the world Weird. Now the World is weird and People take Prozac to make it Normal.
Terry |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 940 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting widescreen forever: Quote:
I.ve been studying aspect ratios for over 25 years,, and I can just look at the screen and determine what size it is..
The total list I use is
1:33.1
1:37.1
1:66.1
1:78.1
1:85.1
1:90.1
2:00.1
2:20.1
2:30.1
2:35.1
2:40.1
2:50.1
2:55.1
2:60.1
2:76.1 Do you have a source for that?  | | | | Kevin |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 793 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting widescreen forever: Quote:
I.ve been studying aspect ratios for over 25 years,, and I can just look at the screen and determine what size it is..
The total list I use is
1:33.1
1:37.1
1:66.1
1:78.1
1:85.1
1:90.1
2:00.1
2:20.1
2:30.1
2:35.1
2:40.1
2:50.1
2:55.1
2:60.1
2:76.1 In your 25 years of studying aspect ratios, did you never wonder why all the films you watched were in narrowscreen?  Swap the decimal points and colons round |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | I am more amused at the idea that Terry can by eye tell the difference 2.35 and 2.40. Maybe my eyes have just gotten too old.
Skip | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!!
CBE, MBE, MoA and proud of it.
Outta here
Billy Video |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 2,694 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting skipnet50: Quote:
I am more amused at the idea that Terry can by eye tell the difference 2.35 and 2.40. Maybe my eyes have just gotten too old.
Skip He must have that special Mark I Mod VII calibrated eyeball. | | | John
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 | t001z | | Reg: January 30, 2005 |
| Registered: March 29, 2007 | | Posts: 103 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Squirrelecto: Quote:
Quoting widescreen forever:
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I.ve been studying aspect ratios for over 25 years,, and I can just look at the screen and determine what size it is..
The total list I use is
1:33.1
1:37.1
1:66.1
1:78.1
1:85.1
1:90.1
2:00.1
2:20.1
2:30.1
2:35.1
2:40.1
2:50.1
2:55.1
2:60.1
2:76.1
In your 25 years of studying aspect ratios, did you never wonder why all the films you watched were in narrowscreen?
Swap the decimal points and colons round I really want to watch that film you watched that was a 1 : 90.1 -- on second thought, no I don't.  |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,494 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting t001z: Quote:
Quoting Squirrelecto:
Quote:
Quoting widescreen forever:
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I.ve been studying aspect ratios for over 25 years,, and I can just look at the screen and determine what size it is..
The total list I use is
1:33.1
1:37.1
1:66.1
1:78.1
1:85.1
1:90.1
2:00.1
2:20.1
2:30.1
2:35.1
2:40.1
2:50.1
2:55.1
2:60.1
2:76.1
In your 25 years of studying aspect ratios, did you never wonder why all the films you watched were in narrowscreen?
Swap the decimal points and colons round
I really want to watch that film you watched that was a 1 : 90.1 -- on second thought, no I don't. 1.90:1 Easy,, Goodfellas... 2.40:1 and 2:35.1 ?? Star Wars films are all 2.35:1, but Collateral and Richard Donner's Superman II are in 2.40:1 .., and Yes I did get the colons backwards..  Must have been one of those nights.. | | | In the 60's, People took Acid to make the world Weird. Now the World is weird and People take Prozac to make it Normal.
Terry |
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