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is there a program of any kind to find out the aspect ratio of a dvd inserted in your drive? i looked all over the internet but found nothing. for example 1:78:1 and 1:33:1 or 1:85:1 and 2:35:1 are easy separated, but the difference between 1:78:1 and 1:85:1 is harder to see. is there anybody who can help me out?

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DVDs are either 4:3 or 16:9*. The films encoded thereon can be any aspect ratio, depending on the size of the letterbox or column bars. The fan edit forums could probably tell you more.

* Technically, I think they are 1.5:1, i.e. 720 pixels wide and 480 pixels tall. But the only valid display aspect ratios are 4:3 and 16:9.
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Originally posted by: Scruffy
* Technically, I think they are 1.5:1, i.e. 720 pixels wide and 480 pixels tall. But the only valid display aspect ratios are 4:3 and 16:9.
They aren't square pixels. And PAL is 720x576.
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You can find the aspect ratio by hand:

Take a picture of the screen while the movie is playing on your computer
Load this picture in an image editing software (like PhotoShop)
With the "rectangular lasso tool", select only the image of the movie
your editing software should show you the width and height of the selection (I know PhotoShop do that)
The aspect ratio is the width divided by the height!

(by the way, it's 1.33:1, 1.78:1, 1.85:1 and 2.35:1, not 1:33:1 1:78:1 etc. because it simply says that if your screen is 1 meter high, the picture will be 1.33, 1.78, 1.85 or 2.35 meters across)
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You can use IfoEdit to open the ifo file of the movie vob files. It will show you the aspect ratio.

EDIT: Whoops, nevermind. I didn't read you post very well.

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