[MacDV] QT Player reports wrong MPEG resolutions

[Mark M. Florida]

Maybe it's looking at some pixel aspect ratio information in the file 
and compensating for it so it looks right on a computer monitor (with 
fixed 1:1 *pixel* aspect ratio).  (?)  Don't know for sure, just a 
guess.

- Mark

On Wednesday, March 12, 2003, at 05:16 PM, Matti Haveri wrote:

> Why does QuickTime Player 6 report MPEG2 files' resolutions wrong via 
> its Window/Show Movie Info?
>
> MPEG Info X (mpgtx as its engine) shows them correct.
>
> <http://www.sbpr.a.se/systemjammers/mpeginfo/>
>
> For example:
>
> 352x288 is shown as 320x240
> 352x576 is shown as 320x240
> 480x576 is shown as 480x360
> 720x576 is shown as 720x540
>
> Is there a pattern here? The last figures are 4:3 and 480 and 720 
> horizontal resolutions are correct but why is the horizontal 
> resolution 352 shown as 320??
>
> -- 
> Matti Haveri <matti.haveri at sjoki.uta.fi> 
> <http://www.sjoki.uta.fi/~shmhav/>
>
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