[MEncoder-users] frame size confusion

[RC]

On Sun, 02 Dec 2007 08:36:06 +0900
Dave M G <martin at autotelic.com> wrote:

> Does this mean that if  I want to convert to AVI, I should render out
> to 720x406? 

MPlayer will respect an aspect ratio stored in the MPEG-4 video stream,
and/or in the ODML AVI header.  Practically no other players will,
though.

> Am I losing 34  lines of picture in doing so?

Yes.

> Or should I render out to 1013x480?

480 * (16/9) = 854.

I don't know where you got 1013 from.