[mythtv-users] Calculating aspect ratios for DVDs

[Richard Morton]

use
HandBrakeCLI -t0 /some/device/or/file

and see if that gives you the info you need; I think it does.
R





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2010/1/7 Yan Seiner <yan at seiner.com>:
>
> On Thu, January 7, 2010 9:45 am, jedi wrote:
>
>> You seem to want something that can pull the aspect ratio direct from the
>> video itself even accounting for embedded letterboxes. I am not aware of
>> anything that does that. It would be somewhat cool if there were such a
>> tool. I do this manually for 4:3 content that is letterboxed.
>
> That's exactly what I want.  Considering all of this is available -
> mplayer will do letterbox detection quite well - it seems to be doable
> with the right scripting.
>
> I'm working on it; stay tuned.  Just want to make sure I'm not reinventing
> the wheel if such a tool was available.
>
> --Yan
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