Tale.of.Tales.2015.Bluray.1080p.DTS-HD.x264-Grym.mkv
Once upon a time there were three neighboring kingdoms each with a magnificent castle, from which ruled kings and queens, princes and princesses. One king was a fornicating libertine, another captivated by a strange animal, while one of the queens was obsessed by her wish for a child. Sorcerers and fairies, fearsome monsters, ogres and old washerwomen, acrobats and courtesans are the protagonists of this loose interpretation of the celebrated tales of Giambattista Basile.
Director..........: Matteo Garrone
Writer............: Giambattista Basile (Book)
Starring..........: Salma Hayek, Vincent Cassel, Toby Jones
iMDB URL..........: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3278330 SOURCE TYPE.......: Retail Blu-Ray 24,3 GB Movie @ 19884 kbps / 26,1 GB Full ViDEO SPECS.......: x264 2PASS @ 14000+ Kbps ([email protected]) - 24.000 fps AUDiO SPECS.......: English DTS-HD Master 5.1 1915 kbps 48 kHz 16 bit RUNTiME...........: 2h 14 min MOViE CROPPED.....: No FiLM ASPECT RATiO.: 2.35:1 Anamorphic Scope / Letterbox RESOLUTiON........: 1920 X 1080p EXTRAS............: Sorry no Extras on Disc SUBTiTLES.........: English, Italian
Grym's mkv's is encoded in 1920x1080 res. @ 2.35:1, 1.85:1, 1.66:1, 1.33:1 film aspect ratio. Just like a retail Blu-Ray is! This will NEVER change, so don't ask! If you don't like that then go download the title you want somewhere else! The reason why Grym's mkv's are encoded this way? Read the Number 2. Thanks!
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So how can I watch your not cropped x264 rip in the so-called 2.35:1 Anamorphic/Letterbox image, mate?
For starters we have Film Aspect Ratio = Letterbox, CinemaScope, PanaVision etc. = 2.35:1, 1.85:1, 1.66:1, 1.33:1 ect. Film Aspect Ratio is the ratio of the width of the visible area of the video/film frame to the height of the visible area, measuring from a 4:3 TV Display or from the Film Roll it self. All the Cinematic Aspect Ratios/Framings mentioned just above apply to the HD resolutions 1080p (NOT 800p) and 720p (NOT 544p) and to the standard resolutions as well, being the DVD resolutions 720x576p (PAL) & 640x480p (NTSC).
Then we have the "black bars". "Black bars" are actually unused areas of the image. These areas are black to allow for better contrast. The wrongly called "black bars" is in fact part of the image! So if any part of the black unused areas is cropped/cut of the image then the original aspect/scope/letterbox ratio is lost! That goes for all BD/DVD resolutions.
I know that a Blu-Ray player cannot playback anamorphic/letterbox material like the DVD player can, but the anamorphic/letterbox/Framing/Aspect Ratio scope is still in the transfer/encode, so for this to work you have to rip the Blu-Ray disc to PC, and play it back anamorphic/letterbox from PC. Or you can grab one of Grym's uncropped x264 rips and use that for anamorphic/letterbox playback from PC.
You can set DVD player & also HD Box's to Display Aspect Ratio setting 4:3 and receive correct aspect ratio/framing (Not all HD Box's apply). All the 16:9 setting in a DVD & Blu-Ray player or HD Box do is to crop. That's it.
You can watch the movie in original 2.35:1 anamorphic/letterbox scope, like you do in the theater, by setting the aspect ratio in your software player to 2.35:1. Aka Panavision, Cinemascope, Metrovision ect (anamorphic/letterbox)
Example:
Start up MPC-HC. Open a 2.35:1 Grym mkv encode or retail BD 2.35:1 m2ts file in MPC-HC. Right click in center of MPC-HC screen. Choose 'Video Frame'. Choose 'Override Aspect Ratio'. Choose '235:100' (2.35:1). A lot of software players has a aspect ratio setup more or less like this, so with a tiny bit of effort anyone should be able.
Display Aspect Ratio setting on your 16:9 flat screen you set to 1:1 pixel mapping or whatever the name is on your telly. On my own Pioneer Kuro LX5090H 16:9 flat TV it's called Dot by Dot.
Ok, now try using same playback procedure with a cropped so-called "2.35:1" 1920x800 rip/file. 1920x800 cannot be 2.35:1 on a tv screen (Where it Counts), because The Cinematic Aspect Ratios has nothing to do with Resolution! Aspect Ratio is a Framing tool for images in the cinema business. So it's impossible to get a correct 2.35:1 framed image on a correct set tv screen when the resolution is cropped to 1920x800, because now the image has been stretched/manipulated to a 1.85:1 framing simply because part of the black areas are cropped of.
If you want to watch 1.85:1 aspect ratio movies in the correct aspect ratio you then set the aspect ratio to 2.35:1, as well, and the image will have the "small" black bars.
Cinematic Aspect Ratios on 16:9 flat TV: Display Aspect Ratio setting on TV set to 1:1 pixel mapping and resolution is 1080p. Resolution could also be 720p, 480p or 576p, the Framing/Aspect Ratio would be the same:
1.33:1 - Black bars on all sides of image (4:3) - Aka 1.37:1 Academy Standard Image: https://someimage.com/rLrxESc
1.66:1 - Black bars on all sides of image (Small L+R) - Movies Image: https://someimage.com/1ck9wcT
1.78:1 - Full screen. Image fills whole of screen (16:9) - HDTV & Home Video Image: https://someimage.com/BqgDoMB
1.85:1 - Black bars Top & Bottom of image (Small) - Movies, HDTV & Home Video Image: https://someimage.com/90ZxXoJ
2.35:1 - Black bars Top & Bottom of image (Big) - Aka 2.40:1 & Anamorphic Scope Image: https://someimage.com/ll7hnDY
2.35:1 on a theater screen: https://someimage.com/aopL0DM
- Why don't You crop 2.35:1 Film Aspect Ratio Movies?
Read Here:
https://www.widescreen.org/index.shtml
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letterboxing_(filming)
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