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Re: fullscreen video with mencoder



On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 01:12:36PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 04/30/2011 11:07 AM, Jeffrin Jose wrote:
> >Hello Everybody,
> >
> >Is there any method to encode DVD to a fullscreen
> >video without getting stretched,using mencoder ?
> >
> 
> I don't think that mencoder is the right tool for that task.  "Let
> the player handle full screen" is what I say.
> 
> Anyway, 16:9 video will never "neatly" fill a 4:3 monitor (and same
> for 4:3 video w/ a 16:9 monitor.  You must live with the black bars.
> 
I think he wants the black bars.  What he doesn't want is for the video
to get stretched to fill the screen, wrecking the aspect ratio in the
process.

-Rob


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