CNN Video Aspect Ratio Fix (NO LONGER WORKS)

By AmeSolaire — Last update Mar 19, 2008 — Installed 522 times.

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Nov 17, 2004 1:05am
Jesse Andrews Admin

The following is an archive of comments made before threaded discussions was implemented (November 16th, 2008)
 
Mar 21, 2008 11:00am
AmeSolaire Script's Author

Thanks, Top Tomato.

CNN are just being sloppy. The aspect ratio is, in fact, correct (16:9, I believe) when they're broadcasting from their "online" studio. But for content, which is originally TV broadcast, they prefer not to crop, so they "scale".

I've seen on occasion them showing a split-screen with one half studio feed with correct proportions, the other squashed TV feed. They don't seem to care about such "minor" quality issues.
 
Mar 21, 2008 2:00am
Top Tomato User

This script is fantastic! I really don't understand why people are so obsessed with stretching out images to fill a long aspect ratio. I can't stand seeing distorted images.
 
Mar 20, 2008 11:07pm
AmeSolaire Script's Author

Eh, I just updated it yesterday (an hour before you posted this comment), because of changes made to the CNN's page. Did it break *after* the update for you? Did you try the updated version?
 
Mar 20, 2008 1:24am
axiom User

This used to work, but doesn't seem to work anymore, can we get an update?
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