[MPlayer-users] Embedding video aspect in mpeg1

[RC]

On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 06:19:14 +0800
Heimdall Midgard <heimdalle at gmail.com> wrote:

> VLC and Xine apparently interpret the aspect as something
> closer to 16/9 (squished). The command I use is:
> 
> mencoder -oac lavc -ovc lavc \
> -lavcopts acodec=mp2:abitrate=224:\
> vcodec=mpeg1video:vbitrate=1150:vrc_buf_size=327:\
> vrc_minrate=1150:vrc_maxrate=1150 \
> -of mpeg -mpegopts format=xvcd:vaspect=4/3 \
> -vf pullup,softskip,scale=352:240,harddup \
> -af resample=44100 -ofps 24000/1001 \
> -o output.mpeg input.avi

I don't see "aspect=4/3" in your lavcopts.  

> I know there's a note in the man page for "-lavcopts
> aspect=" that "only MPlayer will play these files correctly,

That only applies to MPEG-4 video in an AVI.

> Is there a way to embed the aspect so that it can be read
> correctly by other software players.

Yes.  I don't have xine or vlc installed, but I just tested that ffplay
works fine, and even Windows players don't have any problems with the
aspect on (S)VCDs I've created.