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Old 20th February 2021, 18:14   #9  |  Link
NanoBot
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The problem with ripped DVDs is that in many / most cases the correct AR is stored only at container level. When demuxxing the video to a mpg2 elementary stream, this information is lost. Within the mpg2 elementary stream, each sequence header contains an AR flag, which allows four differerent aspect ratios:

1 = 1:1 (square pixel)
2 = 4:3
3 = 16:9
4 = 2.211 (not used in dvd)

And this flag is very often not set to the correct value by the company which authored the DVD, with the result that a 16:9 stream is falsely detected as 4:3 after demuxxing. If you are interested in the details you may have a look here: https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/...-4-3-16-9-flag

I am not working with ripped DVDs as source for a long time, but when ever it was needed, I used the mentioned program "restream" to set the AR flag to 16:9 if neccessary.
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