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Measuring a Screen Cap
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar Contributorninehours
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OK I've never tried to measure a screen cap before so not sure if i have done it right.

I took a screen cap with VLC Media player opened it in Photoshop Elements which says the size is 853 x 480 pixels i divided this to get 1.7770833 = 1.78:1 is that right? I'm assuming that if the 3rd number after the decimal point was below 5 then it would be 1.77:1
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Were it me i'd stick with the standard settings if i were anywhere near that close to one (like 1.78:1).
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Sounds correct, but it would depend what you are trying to measure; the image file or the display area of the film (minus any black bars).
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The image i measured (now added to original post) had no black bars, and if there were black bars i assume you would crop them before measuring
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Quoting tweeter:
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Were it me i'd stick with the standard settings if i were anywhere near that close to one (like 1.78:1).

Agreed

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Everything is good. To the nearest two decimal places, or to an accuracy of three significant digits, 853/480 = 16/9 = 1.78, which is generally the aspect ratio of available widescreen viewing devices, so, assuming your viewer is widescreen, it is a perfect fit without black bars anywhere.
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I also believe with a pixel size of 853/480, it is a non-anamorphic widescreen.

Anamorphic titles have more pixels.
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Actually, an anamorphic DVD has exactly the same number of pixels as standard video but it is stretched horizontally by the viewing device. Had it been non-anamorphic, it would have been a 640x480 image with black bars on a 1:1 (square pixel) display. The source image size would have been something like 704x480 (or 720x480) since a video pixel is not assumed to be a square 1:1, but rather something like 10:11. A proper viewer will compensate for this with minimum image distortion.
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