What resolution for watching movies in vertical or portrait position?

b00st3d · May 1, 2010, 04:24 PM

what would be an optimal resolution for viewing a video in the vertical position of the ipad? the movies i have converted so far are in a wide screen format and are pretty small in the vertical position with veryyyy large bars on the top and bottom. i know this is severely limiting the options available since movies are generally in a widescreen format which play great in the horizontal position.

thanks!

pkdoyle · May 1, 2010, 05:32 PM

Well, I suppose your horizontal resolution would be 768 as that is the width of the iPad screen. So a standard def DVD is 720x480 which translates to 768x520 though I do not know if this will really work.

b00st3d · May 2, 2010, 10:04 AM

maybe i should keep the aspect ratio the same but encode at a width of 768 and let handbrake figure out what to use for the height?

May 1, 2010, 04:24 PM	#1
b00st3d macrumors member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: New Orleans	What resolution for watching movies in vertical or portrait position? what would be an optimal resolution for viewing a video in the vertical position of the ipad? the movies i have converted so far are in a wide screen format and are pretty small in the vertical position with veryyyy large bars on the top and bottom. i know this is severely limiting the options available since movies are generally in a widescreen format which play great in the horizontal position. thanks!
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May 1, 2010, 05:32 PM	#2
pkdoyle macrumors member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Plano, TX	Well, I suppose your horizontal resolution would be 768 as that is the width of the iPad screen. So a standard def DVD is 720x480 which translates to 768x520 though I do not know if this will really work.
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May 2, 2010, 10:04 AM	#3
b00st3d Thread Starter macrumors member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: New Orleans	maybe i should keep the aspect ratio the same but encode at a width of 768 and let handbrake figure out what to use for the height?
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