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Old 19th June 2016, 07:12   #1012  |  Link
Sxc
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Originally Posted by r0lZ View Post
Welcome to the Doom9 forums, Sxc!

The SAR has been changed in v0.86. It is now 1:1 for all frame packing modes (Full and Half SBS and T&B). It seems that it's the best SAR to use with the vast majority of players. It's the conclusion of a long discussion and many tests (starting with this post).

Do you have a problem with the new setting? AFAIK, as soon as you switch to 3D mode (or the TV switches automatically to 3D mode), the SAR should be ignored and the aspect ratio should be correct. At least, it's what happens with my Samsung TV.

If your TV does not display the movie correctly, try to change Settings -> Full-SBS/T&B aspect ratio. And if that doesn't work, you can edit the __ENCODE_3D.cmd script and change the --sar option manually.

I will consider that suggestion. But take in mind that the 10 or 12 color bit modes are not compatible with many hardware players and/or graphic cards. But I agree that reducing the banding artefacts is a good thing if it works for you. Banding remains certainly the most noticeable problem of the videos encoded in h264 or h265.
Sorry to dredge this old subject up, but the change in SAR does break it for playing back 3D full TAB movies on LG 4K OLED TV (just got around to doing an encode with it).

I end up with a pillarboxed video as compared to the perfection I had before.

Can I trouble you to make it user selectable just whenever you next do a release, I appreciate you making the changes you have which is making my life easier already
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