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How to verify the aspect ratio
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar Contributorcvermeylen
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I read in some other posts, some of you use powerdvd to verify the aspect ratio. The only info I can get out of it is that it is widescreen yes/no, letterbox yes/no and a source picture resolution which for region 2 DVD's always appears to be 720*576. Any idea on how to get the actual aspect ratio.
I also tried IfoEdit, but this doesn't seem to provide more info.

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Ther is no tool I know of that provide AR data, the only way you can do it is via screen cap and measurement. be careful, we have been around the horn on this more than a few times.

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I take a screenshot and cut the black bars away.The rest is mathematics

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I use a tool named "JRuler" - works fine for me.
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If you don't want to spend time using rulers, here's a good rule of thumb:

If the PowerDVD window is wide and the picture fills the entire window with no black bars, the movie is 1.78:1. If there are small black bars at the top and/or bottom, it is most likely 1.85:1. If there are wide black bars, it is most likely 2.35:1. If the window is more like a square and the picture fills the entire screen, it's 1.33:1. If it's like a square with about 33% of the picture being black bars, it is widescreen letterbox, if the black bars are even wider, it is most likely letterbox 2.35:1 (The Abyss is a good example of this). Go with this, combined with what is on the cover and you should be OK. Let the freaks  with the rulers recontribute if they feel like it.

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LOL.

IIRC the Rules now say believe the box unless it's definitely wrong... I think 
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LOL.

IIRC the Rules now say believe the box unless it's definitely wrong... I think 

No, they still say:
Quoting the Rules:
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Use the Video specified on the DVD Cover unless you can verify there is a discrepancy between that and the actual Video included on the disc. When contributing accurate, DVD based Video – including P&S in place of Full Frame - include your verification method in your Contribution Notes.

So the cover is simply the starting point... Whether a measured value of e.g. 2.40 when the cover states 2.39 does "add significant value to the database" will be up to the voters...
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So the cover is simply the starting point... Whether a measured value of e.g. 2.40 when the cover states 2.39 does "add significant value to the database" will be up to the voters...

If someone is going to start doing that they better start posting their measuring implement specs and methods in the contribution notes because even on a 60" set that's a difference of about 0.1 inch.
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I take a screen cap and then use a boundry square to mark the top left to bottom right corners in PSP - while I'm drawing the bounding square, it tells me the aspect ratio.
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I.ve been studying aspect ratios for over 25 years,, and I can just look at the screen and determine what size it is..
The total list I use is
1:33.1
1:37.1
1:66.1
1:78.1
1:85.1
1:90.1
2:00.1
2:20.1
2:30.1
2:35.1
2:40.1
2:50.1
2:55.1
2:60.1
2:76.1
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Quoting widescreen forever:
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I.ve been studying aspect ratios for over 25 years,, and I can just look at the screen and determine what size it is..
The total list I use is
1:33.1
1:37.1
1:66.1
1:78.1
1:85.1
1:90.1
2:00.1
2:20.1
2:30.1
2:35.1
2:40.1
2:50.1
2:55.1
2:60.1
2:76.1


Do you have a source for that?    
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Quoting widescreen forever:
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I.ve been studying aspect ratios for over 25 years,, and I can just look at the screen and determine what size it is..
The total list I use is
1:33.1
1:37.1
1:66.1
1:78.1
1:85.1
1:90.1
2:00.1
2:20.1
2:30.1
2:35.1
2:40.1
2:50.1
2:55.1
2:60.1
2:76.1


In your 25 years of studying aspect ratios, did you never wonder why all the films you watched were in narrowscreen? 

Swap the decimal points and colons round
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I am more amused at the idea that Terry can by eye tell the difference 2.35 and 2.40. Maybe my eyes have just gotten too old.

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I am more amused at the idea that Terry can by eye tell the difference 2.35 and 2.40. Maybe my eyes have just gotten too old.

Skip



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Quoting Squirrelecto:
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Quoting widescreen forever:
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I.ve been studying aspect ratios for over 25 years,, and I can just look at the screen and determine what size it is..
The total list I use is
1:33.1
1:37.1
1:66.1
1:78.1
1:85.1
1:90.1
2:00.1
2:20.1
2:30.1
2:35.1
2:40.1
2:50.1
2:55.1
2:60.1
2:76.1


In your 25 years of studying aspect ratios, did you never wonder why all the films you watched were in narrowscreen? 

Swap the decimal points and colons round


I really want to watch that film you watched that was a 1 : 90.1 -- on second thought, no I don't. 
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Quoting Squirrelecto:
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Quoting widescreen forever:
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I.ve been studying aspect ratios for over 25 years,, and I can just look at the screen and determine what size it is..
The total list I use is
1:33.1
1:37.1
1:66.1
1:78.1
1:85.1
1:90.1
2:00.1
2:20.1
2:30.1
2:35.1
2:40.1
2:50.1
2:55.1
2:60.1
2:76.1


In your 25 years of studying aspect ratios, did you never wonder why all the films you watched were in narrowscreen? 

Swap the decimal points and colons round


I really want to watch that film you watched that was a 1 : 90.1 -- on second thought, no I don't. 


1.90:1  Easy,,  Goodfellas...

2.40:1  and 2:35.1  ??  Star Wars films are all 2.35:1,  but Collateral and Richard Donner's Superman II are in 2.40:1  ..,

and Yes I did get the colons backwards..  Must have been one of those nights..
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