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Beyond the Mysterious Beyond => Hobbies and Recreation => Computer and Electronics => Topic started by: landbeforetimelover on June 17, 2009, 05:03:34 AM

Title: How Wide is "Too Wide?"
Post by: landbeforetimelover on June 17, 2009, 05:03:34 AM
I've just been to Youtube and it seems that they're not embracing 16:9.  They've decided instead to switch everything to 16:10.  I wondered why this was, so I decided to encode an FLV file in 16:9 and put it on my website.  I think it's too wide, what do you think?

http://lbtserver.2myip.net/silverlineprodu...ite/eragon.html (http://lbtserver.2myip.net/silverlineproductions/website/eragon.html)

Oh, and I'm talking about the movie on the page if you're wondering.  It's too wide isn't it?  It doesn't even look right on my 16:9 laptop.
Title: How Wide is "Too Wide?"
Post by: Petrie. on June 17, 2009, 06:35:46 PM
Looks like the ratio is off by a bit.  Slightly wider than it should look.
Title: How Wide is "Too Wide?"
Post by: landbeforetimelover on June 17, 2009, 06:38:22 PM
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Looks like the ratio is off by a bit. Slightly wider than it should look.

Exactly what I was thinking.  But I've checked the ratio myself.  It is 16:9.  I guess I'll have to switch it to 16:10.  The actual video is encoded in 16:9 so adjusting the player window wouldn't do anything but put black bars along the top and bottom of the video.  I have to re-encode the entire video now. :(
Title: How Wide is "Too Wide?"
Post by: action9000 on June 29, 2009, 01:25:34 PM
Does it look off?
I have a 16:9 TV so I'm a bit used to how that aspect ratio "should" look.  That video actually didn't look overly wide to me.  I thought it looked normal.
Title: How Wide is "Too Wide?"
Post by: landbeforetimelover on June 29, 2009, 07:04:08 PM
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Does it look off?

Well not anymore. :p I already changed it to 16:10.  It looks quite nice now on both my 16:9, 16:10, and 4:3 monitors. :yes
Title: How Wide is "Too Wide?"
Post by: action9000 on June 29, 2009, 08:48:24 PM
Ahh, gotcha. :p Kewl.