[MPlayer-cvslog] CVS: main/libvo vo_directx.c,1.42,1.43

[D Richard Felker III]

On Wed, Dec 22, 2004 at 06:17:29PM +0100, Felix Buenemann wrote:
> On Wednesday 22 December 2004 10:52, Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski wrote:
> > On Wednesday, 22 December 2004 at 03:22, Felix Buenemann wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 21 December 2004 23:04, D Richard Felker III wrote:
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > > > Aspect is PHYSICAL size, not size in pixels!!!!!
> > > > i.e. 1280x1024 is not 4:3 pixels but is 4:3 monitor_aspect!!!
> > >
> > > Agree, I was going to say the same. There is virtually no way to detect
> > > monitor aspect (it is the aspect of the visible area of you display
> > > device).
> >
> > What about VESA DDC? I'm fairly certain we can get display size in
> > centimeters from there.
> Dunno, besides my monitor doesn't do DDC over BNC component cabling, my shiny 
> new 16:9 Widescreen-TV doesn't either =) Besides quering DDC would have to be 
> done over a non common api with possibly direct access to hw, vesa driver 
> probably could do it...

can we stop arguing about this and someone just reverse it, already??
:(

rich