[MEncoder-users] mencoder output

[Marco]

On 3/6/06, Corey Hickey <bugfood-ml at fatooh.org> wrote:
> Marco wrote:
> > (2) >>> VDec: vo config request - 720 x 576 (preferred csp: Planar YV12)
> >      >>> VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
> >      >>> Movie-Aspect is 1.33:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
>
> Right here mencoder is specifying that the video should be scaled to
> match the original 1.33:1 aspect ratio. The video doesn't actually get
> encoded that way (see below) but will be scaled on playback. If you
> don't want that to happen you can either:
>
> - rescale manually with the scale video filter
> - prevent the aspect ratio from being used with the -noaspect option
> - set the aspect manually with the dsize video filter
>
> There are probably other ways, but I always use the first option so I
> don't pay attention to the others.
Doesn't the first option change the original ratio of a cropped image?

Thanks a lot for help!