[MEncoder-users] Cropping, multiple of 16 and horizontal scaling

[Moritz Barsnick]

Hi Bill,

On Tue, May 03, 2016 at 19:56:57 +1000, Bill Crockett wrote:
> Using the divisibility rule of 16 to get 720 to 688, to cut out those black 
> bars, do I have to scale the 733 to a multiple of 16?

No, 733:576 is the display aspect ratio, applied by mplayer during
playback. 688:576 is the storage aspect ratio, and that is the one
where the "divisible by 16" rule applies.

> It will only be played on monitors with square pixels; not rectangular 
> pixels

That's something the player needs to solve, not the encoder.

Moritz