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<blockquote data-quote="kszabo" data-source="post: 426594" data-attributes="member: 61646">not always. This is only the resolution (storage aspect ratio, SAR). Says nothing about aspect ratios. What you mentioned is the display aspect ratio (DAR). Video files have a flag which defines the display aspect ratio = how the picture must look like (eg 4:3, 16:9, 21:9 or other non-standard DARs). A video file or TV stream can have different pixel aspect ratios (PAR) is a calculated derivate of DAR and resolution.PAR=DAR/SAR e.g. 16:9 anamorphic PAL DVD 1,422=16:9/720:576I guess this plugin looks for the DAR.&nbsp; And as I tested this plugin is active also if I watch video files (not recorded or live TV = .ts) so it must be properly setup for problematic and strange aspect ratios.Here are some examples I watch from Astra 19,2°E:720*576 with 16:9 =&gt; PAR 1,422, DAR 1,78720*576 with DAR 4:3 =&gt; PAR&nbsp; 1,067 DAR 1,33544*567 with DAR 4:3 =&gt; PAR 1,411 DAR 1,331920*1080 with DAR 16:9 =&gt; PAR 1,0 DAR 1,78DivX films are mainly converted with PAR 1,0. This is not optimal as vertical resolution is sacrifized. If you stick to PAR 1,0 (I guess because DVD player compatibility), you have 3 possibilities to encode a 16:9 PAL DVD:1. 720*405, PAR 1,0: you loose vertical resolution (405 is not possible, not to devide with 8)2. 1024*576 PAR 1,0: you have your full resolution but big file becasue of the horizontal extrapolation3. 720*576, PAR 1,422: optimal, full resolution, small file, maybe standalone Player cannot cope with itand if you crop a letterboxed 21:9 (cinemascope) PAL DVD with 16:9 DAR (anamorph), keep PAR, you get a video:720*216 px, DAR 21:9=2,33 , PAR 1,4222excuse me please for playing &quot;smart-arse&quot; here, this post is only for better understanding.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kszabo, post: 426594, member: 61646"] not always. This is only the [B]resolution[/B] (storage aspect ratio, SAR). Says nothing about aspect ratios. What you mentioned is the [B]display aspect ratio (DAR)[/B]. Video files have a flag which defines the display aspect ratio = how the picture must look like (eg 4:3, 16:9, 21:9 or other non-standard DARs). A video file or TV stream can have different [B]pixel aspect ratios (PAR)[/B] is a calculated derivate of DAR and resolution. [B]PAR=DAR/SAR[/B] e.g. 16:9 anamorphic PAL DVD 1,422=16:9/720:576 [B] I guess this plugin looks for the DAR.[/B] And as I tested this plugin is active also if I watch video files (not recorded or live TV = .ts) so it must be properly setup for problematic and strange aspect ratios. Here are some examples I watch from Astra 19,2°E: 720*576 with 16:9 => PAR 1,422, DAR 1,78 720*576 with DAR 4:3 => PAR 1,067 DAR 1,33 544*567 with DAR 4:3 => PAR 1,411 DAR 1,33 1920*1080 with DAR 16:9 => PAR 1,0 DAR 1,78 DivX films are mainly converted with PAR 1,0. This is not optimal as vertical resolution is sacrifized. If you stick to PAR 1,0 (I guess because DVD player compatibility), you have 3 possibilities to encode a 16:9 PAL DVD: 1. 720*405, PAR 1,0: you loose vertical resolution (405 is not possible, not to devide with 8) 2. 1024*576 PAR 1,0: you have your full resolution but big file becasue of the horizontal extrapolation 3. 720*576, PAR 1,422: optimal, full resolution, small file, maybe standalone Player cannot cope with it and if you crop a letterboxed 21:9 (cinemascope) PAL DVD with 16:9 DAR (anamorph), keep PAR, you get a video: 720*216 px, DAR 21:9=2,33 , PAR 1,4222 excuse me please for playing "smart-arse" here, this post is only for better understanding. [/QUOTE]

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