Hi,
I live in PAL land.
I'm about to rip SATC using appleTV preset. And that preset defaults to Anamorphic On. From the preview window it looks like anamorphic is ok to use. But really, are those TV shows on DVD anamorphic??? Or should I switch to 'Keep ascpect ratio'?
TIA,
Konstantin
TV Shows and anamorphic?
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Well it depends on whether the dvd is anamorphic widescreen or not. And whether the tv series is presented in widescreen or not.
If the series is 4:3 then turn off anamorphic, but make sure you copy the x264 options because if you're using the last binary release it will lose them when you change any settings from the preset.
If the series is 4:3 then turn off anamorphic, but make sure you copy the x264 options because if you're using the last binary release it will lose them when you change any settings from the preset.
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One question regarding this, and I'd be thankful if you cold help me on this: If I want to use 2 pass, I loose all of the preset settings. How do I get 2pass (or 2pass turbo on first) into the preset?jbrjake wrote:If the series is 4:3 then turn off anamorphic, but make sure you copy the x264 options because if you're using the last binary release it will lose them when you change any settings from the preset.
If you're using the latest svn, you shouldn't lose any settings from a preset when you modify.
And it's not that 4:3 != anamorphic; all dvds are anamorphic. It's just not worthwhile to do an anamorphic stretch on 4:3 content (stretching horizontally is good, but for 4:3 you have to stretch vertically and that's supposed to be bad), and in fact HB does not do it properly anyway. It will output at 720*480, but QuickTime will play it as 640*480. VLC will get it right--720*540.
And it's not that 4:3 != anamorphic; all dvds are anamorphic. It's just not worthwhile to do an anamorphic stretch on 4:3 content (stretching horizontally is good, but for 4:3 you have to stretch vertically and that's supposed to be bad), and in fact HB does not do it properly anyway. It will output at 720*480, but QuickTime will play it as 640*480. VLC will get it right--720*540.
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