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Old 7th February 2006, 17:12   #55  |  Link
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Originally Posted by jmk
yes, and imdb.com lists it as 2.20:1 but it looked awful. a literally took a ruler and measured the visible picture on my computer screen - that was fun
Well nobody should have to do that for a start!

The more convenient method would be to: -
  • Play your DVD source in your favourite software media player "at full screen". (Not WMP 9/10).
  • Navigate to a nice light section of the movie, and press the "Print Screen" button on your keyboard.
  • Paste the captured image into a reasonable quality imaging software application.
  • Use the "auto cropping" tool in your imaging software application.
  • Save the cropped image and make a note of it's "pixel frame size" (PFS)
  • Grab a calculator and divide the pixel image frame "width" by the pixel image frame "height".
The resulting calculation will be your "Movie Aspect Ratio" (MAR)


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