The Nexus One shoots video in a 720 x 480 pixel configuration, which is common for widescreen recording. But the pixels seems to be square (though this description may be an abuse of a term of art), which means that the target aspect ratio for display is 1.5 x 1 (rather than 16:9, which is 1.77 x 1). This seems to be confirmed when the video is uploaded to YouTube, which displays the result at 1.5 x 1. Other camera phones that shoot 720 x480 squeeze the image for a 16:9 display target. Why in the world wouldn't the Nexus One do the same? Is there a way to adjust this with software? (When I run the Nexus One video through software that allows conversion to 16:9 display, the images are unnaturally stretched.) Thanks in advance.
720 x 480 is 1.5:1... if converted to 16:9 it would look stretched... other phones are probably cropping to fit to 16:9
720/480 = 1.5 not much you can do about that...
720 x 405 would be true 16:9....
Thanks, but with all respect, what you say is not quite right. The 720 x 480 statistic is just the pixel dimensions; it does not tell you by itself the target aspect ratio for display. Some compact cameras record in 720 x 480 with a 16:9 target display dimension; the HD Lite video taken by the Panasonic ZS3 is an example of this. The 16:9 display ratio is accomplished not by cropping, but by squeezing the recorded image so that when the pixels are stretched by an instruction to display at 16:9 the dimensions are as they should be. My question is why Google didn't have the Nexus One record in the same fashion. Anyone know?
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Video Aspect Ratio
