DVDs are stored with a 1.5:1 aspect ratio. Notice how it’s distorted? That’s the anamorphic part. This is what the image stored on an anamorphic NTSC DVD looks like (for information on non-anamorphic DVDs, see the Hard Letterboxing Appendix): (See the PAL appendix for the differences.) I’m in North America so I’ll be using NTSC numbers in my examples. Anamorphic DVDsĪn image is stored on a DVD at 720 480 (NTSC) or 720576 (for PAL). You can enable anamorphic support via the Picture Settings tab on the main window. This produces that nice, big, widescreen image. Note that it preserves the full height of the image stored on the DVD:Īnamorphic in HandBrake means encoding that distorted image stored on the DVD, but telling the video player how to stretch it out when you watch it. Here’s the display size of a movie that’s been stretched horizontally – HandBrake’s default. Notice how the width stays the same as what’s stored on the DVD, but the height is reduced: Here’s the size of a movie that’s been squeezed vertically. One shrinks the image, and one expands it. To restore the proper shape, you can either squeeze the picture vertically or stretch the picture horizontally. Instead of being truly widescreen, it’s squeezed into a narrower frame. Here’s the size of a movie stored on a DVD. These are scaled down 50% in size, in case you couldn’t tell. This article is a draft and may contain incomplete or incorrect information.ĭieser Artikel ist ein Entwurf und enthält möglicherweise unvollständige oder falsche Information.
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