The Great Beauty (La Grande Bellezza) 2013 Bluray 1080p DTS-HD x

The.Great.Beauty.(La.Grande.Bellezza).2013.Bluray.1080p.DTS-HD.x264-Grym@BTNET.mkv


Jep Gambardella has seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades, but after his 65th birthday and a shock from the past, Jep looks past the nightclubs and parties to find a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty.


Director..........: Paolo Sorrentino

Writer...........: Paolo Sorrentino

Starring..........: Toni Servillo, Carlo Verdone, Sabrina Ferilli


iMDB URL..........: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2358891
SOURCE TYPE.......: Retail Blu-Ray 31,4 GB Movie @ 31994 kbps / 38,4 GB Full
ViDEO SPECS.......: x264 2PASS @ 14000+ Kbps (High@L4.1) - 23.976 fps
AUDiO SPECS.......: Italian DTS-HD Master 5.1 2201 kbps 16 bit (Core: 1509 kbps)
RUNTiME...........: 2h 20 min
MOViE CROPPED.....: No
FiLM ASPECT RATiO.: 2.35:1 Anamorphic Scope / Letterbox
RESOLUTiON........: 1920 X 1080
EXTRAS............: Yes
SUBTiTLES.........: English, Italian
SUBTiTLES EXTRAS..: Sorry no Subtitles on Disc


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Q & A:

1) How do I Bitstream TrueHD & DTS-HD Master audio From my PC to My surround
Receiver?

Part 1 - Setting up Sound / Bitstreaming in Windows (Only read and Use first
Part about Windows):

http://www.mediasmartserver.net/2010/02/02/guide-setting-up-bitstreaming-with-your-windows-7-htpc-part-i/

Part 2 - Setting up Software & Software Player:

http://www.mediasmartserver.net/2011/06/30/guide-setting-up-lav-filters-mpc-hc-for-all-your-splitter-and-audio-needs


2) So how can I watch your not cropped x264 rip in the so-called 2.35:1
Anamorphic / Letterbox image, mate?

First, I'm not any special expert on this aspect ratio thing regarding
technicalities about anamorphic lenses, on how a pro DP obtains the 2.35:1
aspect ratio or how a DP works with anamorphic or letterbox or the difference
between anamorphic and letterbox images. If you want real expertise on
the matter then use your powerfull friend Google. What really matters here
is that the movie is shown in the correct aspect ratio on the telly!

Second, we have Film Aspect Ratio = Letterbox, CinemaScope, Panavision etc. =
2.35:1, 1.85:1, 1.78:1, 1.66:1 ect. Film Aspect Ratio is the ratio of the width
of the visible area of the video/film frame to the height of the visible area.

Then there's the "black bars". In reality, these "black bars" are actually
unused areas of the image. These areas are black to allow for better contrast.
The wrongly called "black bars" or the black unused areas is in fact part of the
image! So if any part of the black unused areas is cropped / cut of the image
then the original Aspect / Scope ratio is lost!

And then we have Encoding Aspect Ratio. For example full-resolution 2.35:1
anamorphic aspect ratio encoding is 2538x1080. Blu-Ray discs is 16:9
(1920x1080) aspect ratio encoded. But the original Film Aspect Ratio
is still 2.35:1 anamorphic / letterbox scope or 1.85:1 widescreen
or whatever Film Aspect Ratio. All depending on which Film Aspect
Ratio the Director of the film has chosen to use.

So you have to differentiate between the two. What really matters here is that
the movie is shown in the correct aspect ratio.

Third, Yes I know that a Blu-Ray player cannot playback anamorphic / letterbox
material (Film Aspect Ratio and Encoding Aspect Ratio) but the anamorphic /
letterbox scope, as mentioned above, is still in the transfer/encode, so for
this to work you have to rip the blu-Ray disc to PC, and play it back anamorphic
/Letterbox from there (Film Aspect Ratio). Or just grab one of Grym's uncropped
rips and use that for anamorphic / Letterbox playback from PC! Let's move on
with the how's and do's of showing a correct 2.35:1 anamorphic /Letterbox aspect
ratio shot image on your 16:9 tv screen (Film Aspect Ratio).

You can watch the movie in original 2.35:1 Anamorphic / Letterbox Scope,
like you do in the theater, by setting the aspect ratio in your software player
to 2.35:1. Aka Panavision, Cinemascope, Metrovision ect (Anamorphic / Letterbox)

Display setting on your flat screen you set to 1:1 pixel mapping or whatever the
name is on your telly. On my own Pioneer Kuro LX5090H flat tv it's called
'Dot by Dot'

If set correct then the image on your 16:9 flat screen should look something
like the screen croppings on these pictures:

http://someimage.com/Q2le and this

You got image / screen cropping like on the pictures?
Now then please search 'Anamorphic Widescreen' in Youtube for more video
reference.

Ok, now try doing same playback procedure with a cropped so-called "2.35:1"
1920x800 rip.

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If you want to watch 1.85:1 aspect ratio movies in the correct aspect ratio
you then set the aspect ratio to 2.35:1, as well, and the image will have the
"small" black bars.

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Aspect ratios on 16:9 flat tv (Display setting on tv set to 1:1 pixel mapping):

1.33:1 - Black bars at sides of image (4:3) - Aka 1.37:1 Academy Standard

1.78:1 - Full screen. Image fills whole of screen (16:9) - HDTV & Home Video

1.85:1 - Black bars Top & Bottom of image (Small) - Movies, HDTV & Home Video

2.35:1 - Black bars Top & Bottom of image (Big) - Aka 2.40:1 & Anamorphic Scope


3) Why don't You crop 2.35:1 Film Aspect Ratio Movies?

Read Here:
http://www.widescreen.org/index.shtml

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letterboxing_(filming)


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