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Old 5th June 2012, 09:45   #817  |  Link
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Originally Posted by holygamer View Post
OK here's another one. I have a 352 x 576 PAL video. I would like an aspect ratio of 2.39:1. What calculation would I do in Wolfram Alpha to find out the SAR to use?
I'd use --sar 43:11 which yields to 2.3888888888888888888888888888889 display aspect ratio. If you wanted to have 2.39:1 DAR precisely, the resulting SAR would be 2151:550 and I'm not sure if x264 (or H.264 specs) allow for such big numbers
The final error from 43:11 is negligible anyway, less than a pixel in horizontal resolution so no one cares about anyway.
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