Lower resolution in videos

[lizardo_manson]

Hello,

What or who determines how the videos will be downloaded, the stream service or DVDFab Downloader?. I downloaded for example Zack Snyder's Justice League and it is 1920x1080 of resolution while Godzilla vs Kong is 1920x816

GZ vs Kong
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4
Format settings : CABAC / 4 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, Reference : 4 frames
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 1 h 53 min
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 8 250 kb/s
Maximum bit rate : 12.4 Mb/s
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 816 pixels



Justice League

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4
Format settings : CABAC / 4 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, Reference : 4 frames
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 4 h 2 min
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 8 223 kb/s
Maximum bit rate : 12.4 Mb/s
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels

[lizardo_manson]

Checked with other devices to see how the resolution was streamed and the result were the same so is HBO fault's that they are not streaming Godzilla vs Kong in full 1080, beware. Hope this help other with same dilemma.

[wemickna]

I'm not super technical when it comes to resolutions so I might be missing something but I know Godzilla vs Kong is not a perfect 16:9 so the 816 might just be the real vertical resolution. The Zack Snyder cut of Justice League is an ugly 4:3 box so I'm not sure why that one would show as 1920x1080 at all.

[Digidave]

I'm not super technical when it comes to resolutions so I might be missing something but I know Godzilla vs Kong is not a perfect 16:9 so the 816 might just be the real vertical resolution. The Zack Snyder cut of Justice League is an ugly 4:3 box so I'm not sure why that one would show as 1920x1080 at all.

I'm not an expert on this stuff but I believe it's because of the Black Bars that they put in there. In the case of Justice League the bars are added on the sides "creating" a 1920 wide frame.

[rmcaw52]

I just have a question on the series The Boys. The video frame height on S1 is 1080, yet on S2 it's 800? Is it Amazon or the DRM program? [ATTACH]n393374[/ATTACH]

[Digidave]

I got curious when I read this, & you are correct about the frame height difference when looking at the specs for a file. Both seasons use a black bar on the top & bottom. Season 1 includes it in the specs & season 2 doesn't. When I open a file from each season they were identical. I compared them side by side & the heighth of used space(not including the black bars) was the same. I believe it just a matter of how the data is written to the metafile. 6 of one & a half dozen of the other.

[fosse76]

A large number of films are actually filmed in the 4x3 aspect ratio and the cropped into a wide-screen format. The Justice League was originally done this way as it was meant for IMAX (and I mean true IMAX, not your local cinema's small, wide-screen Imax...I mean floor to ceiling 60-foot screen IMAX).

Aspect ratio and HD are not equivalents.

[VagotronPrime]

1920 x 816 is "1080p", except instead of 16 x 9 (1920 x 1080) its in 2.35:1 (another common widescreen format) so you get 1920 x 816. You should see some space above and below the picture but it fill the full horizontal span across your tv. This is because your tv is 16x9.

Long way to say, 1920 x 816 is the maximum (1080p) resolution for a 2.35:1 video. Many movies are filmed in this format.

[Wilson.Wang]

Hi,

The resolution of the download video is decided by the streaming service, Not add or remove the black bar for the video.

DVDFab Downloader is the video porter for movie fans.

Thanks!

Wilson