Anamorphic working with QT

mrmugno · Post by **mrmugno** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 7:59 am

I was under the impression that encoding with anamorphic prevents the file from working with QT.

However, I did so with The Godfather and it worked on my MBP with QT Pro.

Please share thoughts on this. Still a bit confused on when anamorphic should (not) be used (It just maximizes picture output without distortion?)

rhester · Post by **rhester** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 1:05 pm

The latest svn-compiled version of HandBrake produces QuickTime-friendly anamorphic output, as will the next public beta.

Rodney

Fastfwd · Post by **Fastfwd** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 1:15 pm

rhester wrote:The latest svn-compiled version of HandBrake produces QuickTime-friendly anamorphic output, as will the next public beta.

Rodney

Does this mean it's front row friendly too? If so how do I know when to use anamorphic and when not to use it? Is there a FAQ or sticky on this somewhere?

Thanks.

loyalty_anchored · Post by **loyalty_anchored** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 1:21 pm

i have not yet found a reason to not use anamorphic, i am using it on every single one of my encodes.

rhester · Post by **rhester** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 1:37 pm

Fastfwd wrote:Does this mean it's front row friendly too?

I believe so, yes.

Fastfwd wrote:If so how do I know when to use anamorphic and when not to use it? Is there a FAQ or sticky on this somewhere?

There is detailed information at http://handbrake.m0k.org/trac/wiki/AnamorphicGuide, but in general, it is always safe to use (though only of benefit on widescreen anamorphic-encoded DVDs).

Rodney

Fastfwd · Post by **Fastfwd** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 1:44 pm

"When not to use Anamorphic PAR ¶

2. When you want to watch your movies on an iPod "

oups. no thanks then. I want to keep only one set of files that work on my mac mini and ipod.

rhester · Post by **rhester** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 1:46 pm

Oh, right - sorry, I forgot about that. You called out Front Row, but the iPod definitely doesn't understand anamorphic.

Rodney

jbrjake · Post by **jbrjake** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 4:03 pm

mrmugno wrote:I was under the impression that encoding with anamorphic prevents the file from working with QT.

Maybe if you read documentation instead of whining that it was too long, you wouldn't suffer under these false impressions, and we wouldn't have to waste our time correcting them.

I, at the top of the guide, wrote:The video will still play, have no fear of that, but it will appear distorted—vertically stretched.

mrmugno · Post by **mrmugno** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 4:10 pm

Hey! I was told by one of you guys no longer than 2 days ago that it does not work with QT or iTV.

Also, the anamorphic encoded videos look great (not stretched) on my 32" wide screen. So when I read something that does match up with my experience, I question the validity.

jbrjake · Post by **jbrjake** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 4:56 pm

mrmugno wrote:Hey! I was told by one of you guys no longer than 2 days ago that it does not work with QT or iTV.

Your reading comprehension sucks.

I, the other day, wrote:Anything encoded with 0.8.0b1 in anamorphic mode will not display properly in QuickTime.

And since you forbade us to give you any detailed or technical information, I didn't really have many options when you replied asking "anamorphic is currently not working with Quicktime" besides saying "exactly." I could only assume that by "not working" you meant what I had said *just two posts above*--that it doesn't display properly.

If your widescreen tv horizontally stretches the vertically distorted content, that's all in your playback device, not quicktime.

mrmugno · Post by **mrmugno** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 5:15 pm

I apologize - "not working" meant not playing in QT from my perspective. I still have not gotten the hang of being objective and very precise in my explanations and will do so in depth for future posts.

As it is, computers don't make mistakes, people (I) do.

baggss · Post by **baggss** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 10:02 pm

Fastfwd wrote:"When not to use Anamorphic PAR ¶

2. When you want to watch your movies on an iPod "

oups. no thanks then. I want to keep only one set of files that work on my mac mini and ipod.

I'm with you on this one......

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