why are most xvid files widescreen?

[j123vt_99]

is it just user preferences or are they eaier to encode?

[andyp1]

It will depend on the source .

[teegee420]

It's because most DVD's are widescreen. If you want a full screen rip you need a full screen source.

[Suntan]

Or you need to crop the widescreen source to full screen when you encode.

-Suntan

[hhhhbk]

very few dvds are 4:3 full screen the only ones i have encountered are tv series such as friends, red dwarf, simpsons etc
movies on dvd are pretty much always widescreen
that is why the 700mb XviD encode that people make when backing up a dvd to fit on a cd is also in widescreen


if someone was stupid enough to crop a widescreen movie(just cut bits off either side)
in order to get vertical full screen it results in losing about 1/4 of the horizontal picture

other people stretch a widescreen film to 4:3 and everything becomes vertically stretched and looks crap

[teegee420]

if someone was stupid enough to crop a widescreen movie(just cut bits off either side)
in order to get vertical full screen it results in losing about 1/4 of the horizontal picture

Precisely why I didn't even bother mentioning that option.

[koic]

I wouldn't say it so simple. If you carefully look you'll see that
actually its possible to take this 1/4 out without 'damaging' movie, but...
But the 'cropping frame' should move! Meaning you cannot just cut off
the same number of pixels from left and right.
There are special programs which do the job, or...
one can do it on frame by frame basis manually

[Suntan]

@teegee

Just because it is a stupid option, doesn't mean that option isn't still available. Look at Saturn buyers.

-Suntan