I’ve seen some torrents incorporating both standards in their description and I don’t get it. It’s either 1200p (1920x1200, WUXGA) or 1080p (1920x1080, Full HD).

What am I missing?

  • wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works
    18·
    16 天前

    MKV is a container, it can indeed contain multiple video, audio, and subtitle tracks.

    That said I’ve never really seen what you describe in the wild.

  • Shdwdrgn@mander.xyzEnglish
    5·
    16 天前

    Is the 1080p mode just hiding black bars present in the 1200p stream? Could be a stupid gimmick to get people to choose a particular uploader’s torrents.

  • Kache@lemm.ee
    4·
    15 天前

    Yes, I’ve seen a video file that changes resolution mid-video, but it’s more of a party trick since not all players handled it well

    Specifically, I saw a group chat program rendered it “correctly” (Discord? I don’t remember), so the embedded video would re-flow the rendered chatroom while playing

    • destiper@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2·
      15 天前

      Discord definitely supports this, I’ve seen meme videos grow vertically from 16:9 to probably 400:9. Pretty funny though

  • everett@lemmy.ml
    2·
    16 天前

    Not sure, but maybe “1080p” describes the approximate level of video quality (“full HD”) while 1200 is the actual vertical resolution (“full HD but taller”) due to the video having a non-16:9 aspect ratio?