Help: x264 anamorphic encoding/playback

[Plamen234]

Help me, please, to do anamorphic encoding/playback with x264 CLI
I read FAQ-Q17, but I still can't set the proper --sar value. Can you tell me what should be the right --sar xxx:yyy, please?
My movie is only cropped from 720x576 pal to 720x416 with avisynth. (dvd-ripped source, mkv container)
Or may be I should do sth else with the decoder settings?
Or the player's? (vlc, mpc)

Thank you in advance.

[Seb.26]

Help me, please, to do anamorphic encoding/playback with x264 CLI
I read FAQ-Q17, but I still can't set the proper --sar value.
My movie is only cropped from 720x576 pal to 720x416 with avisynth. (dvd-ripped source)
Or may be I should do sth else with the decoder settings?
Or the player's? (vlc, mpc)

Thank you in advance.

Usually, I set 1024*416 in meGui when muxing with audio ... this is PC scale

( DVD 720*576 is 1024*576 with scare pixels format )

[giandrea]

Help me, please, to do anamorphic encoding/playback with x264 CLI
I read FAQ-Q17, but I still can't set the proper --sar value. Can you tell me what should be the right --sar xxx:yyy, please?
My movie is only cropped from 720x576 pal to 720x416 with avisynth. (dvd-ripped source, mkv container)
Or may be I should do sth else with the decoder settings?
Or the player's? (vlc, mpc)

Thank you in advance.

If you just crop, the sar of your output video remains the same as the source video.
So the sar of your source is, depending on the case:
- 64:45 if it is 720x576 pal 16:9
- 16:15 if it is 720x576 pal 4:3

The sar of the output picture changes only if you scale (resize) the frame, it doesn't change if you crop the frame.
Hope it helps,

giandrea

[Thunderbolt8]

I never crop or resize at all, just dont touch the orginal picture :p
when using mkvmerge, it works when using the height : width field and entering 16 : 9 there for a anamorphic video (for all resolutions from 1:1,78 to 1:2,35 widescreen). if you didnt crop or reside at all, then you should recieve exactly the same visible field as your orginal dvd source is showing, after the muxing. (I guess itll also work for 4:3 movies when entering 4:3 there, but I havent tested this yet).