Re: [Bino-list] zoom settings

[Hubert Unger]

Thanks for the update!

I can't test it because i can't compile… ;-) Have to wait until a new final 
version for Mac goes on air. 


Am 02.02.2012 um 22:22 schrieb Martin Lambers:

> On Thu, 2 Feb 2012 20:33:17 +0100, Martin Lambers wrote:
>> On Wed, 1 Feb 2012 22:24:07 +0100, Martin Lambers wrote:
>>> On Wed, 1 Feb 2012 08:10:27 +0100, Martin Lambers wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:28:43 +0100, Frédéric Devernay wrote:
>>>>> What should the zoom choices be?
>>>>> I can imagine a selection of three choices, the third having a
>>>>> value attached to it:
>>>>> - fit to screen (the previous behaviour)
>>>>> - fill the screen (the current behaviour with zoom=1)
>>>>> - custom zoom (to get rid of letterboxing or pillarboxing), from
>>>>> 1.0 (fit to screen) to 2.0 (2x magnification), maybe with a
>>>>> slider and an entry to type the value manually
>>>> 
>>>> OK, I improved the zoom setting in the following way:
>>>> - Moved it to its own GUI dialog, as it did not really belong
>>>>  into the video settings (because it is not saved per-video).
>>>> - Added short documentation to the dialog.
>>>> - Extended the zoom range from 0 to 2; 0 = fit to screen, 1 = fill
>>>>  screen, > 1: zoom even more (for videos that have black borders
>>>>  hard coded).
>>>> This way, it is still a single setting with slider and value box.
>>> 
>>> Hm, I realize that this is also not a good solution - it does not
>>> work in a comparable way with 4:3 and 16:9 screens. Maybe because
>>> we are mixing two things. How about having two separate settings:
>>> 1) Zoom for videos that are wider than the screen, from 0 = fit to
>>> screen to 1 = fill screen (as originally)
>>> 2) Custom magnification between e.g. 1/4 and 4. That should take
>>> care of videos that have hard coded black bars.
>>> Maybe 1) should be remembered per-session and 2) per-video?
>> 
>> Another idea, inspired by VLC:
>> 
>> 1) Zoom for videos that are wider than the screen, from 0 = fit to
>> screen to 1 = fill screen (as originally)
>> 
>> 2) A "Crop" setting for videos with black borders: the user can select
>> the *real* aspect ratio of the video, without the black borders. VLC
>> gives the choices "Default, 16:10, 16:9, 1.85:1, 2.21:1, 2.35:1,
>> 2.39:1, 5:3, 4:3, 5:4, 1:1".
>> 
>> With 2), Bino can get rid of the hard coded black borders and display
>> the video as it should be. Furthermore, 2) is a setting that makes a
>> lot of sense to be remembered per-video. (In fact, it really belongs
>> in the metadata of the video file, but nobody seems to do that).
> 
> I implemented and pushed a test version of this. Please let me know if
> it works for you.
> 
> To use it, if you have a video with hard coded black borders, go to
> Preferences->Current Video and select the real aspect ratio of the
> video from the "Crop to aspect ratio" box. Bino will remove the borders
> accordingly, and zoom mode will work as expected.
> 
> Martin
>