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Originally Posted by Sharc
Yes, 8 extra black lines ar encoded in the frame. They are discarded by MediaInfo and most other tools, as there is no practical use case or standard for 1920x1088. It is just more efficient for the encoding process.
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...and it's been that way for decades, including ATSC 1080i MPEG-2 and Blu-ray. Modern codecs with variable block sizes make non-mod 16 more efficient.