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  1. muffinman123
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    what is the difference between 16:9 and 2.39:1? what is stored in the raw video format aspect ratio in a bluray?

    I have been wondering, does narrower aspect ratio lose information on the width? or does wider aspect ratio lose information on the height?

    when I rip videos, should I choose the widest aspect ratio to get as much video information as possible?
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  2. 16:9 is 1.78:1
    2.39:1 is 2.39:1

    Most widescreen movies are wider than 16:9. Only made-for-TV stuff is 16:9. You should maintain the correct aspect ratio when you convert videos.
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  3. muffinman123
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    so does bluray store the widest possible aspect ratio, and then cut out the sides when showing in a narrower aspect ratio?
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  4. Blu-ray only supports 16:9 widescreen. Any video that's wider than that will be letterboxed within the 16:9 frame. For example, a 2.35:1 movie will occupy about 1920x816 of the 1920x1080 frame. The rest will be black borders.
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    If you are getting you titles from rips, etc, you should be doing as close to a 1:1 unconverted rip as possible for the best quality. So DON'T start cropping. As jagabo mentioned, all BDs only support 16:9 (at least for the HD material), so all those movies that are wider AR than that (the great majority) will have mild letterboxing - leave them letterboxed!

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