- From: Glenn Adams <glenn@skynav.com>
- Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 16:18:33 -0600
- To: TTWG <public-tt@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <CACQ=j+fj1a8YXwF89=cNTU9WFS-QMrVeF1O+uhGahKsbfYVgrg@mail.gmail.com>
IMSC defines ittp:aspectRatio by making reference to "a rectangular area within the related media object" and "the ratio of width to height of the rectangular area". However, the definition does not distinguish between Storage Aspect Ratio (as stored) (SAR) [2] and Display Aspect Ratio (as displayed) (DAR) [3]. These two possibly distinct ratios are related by the following formula: DAR = SAR * PAR where PAR = Pixel Aspect Ratio (4), where, in TTML documents, the PAR is equal to the computed value of the ttp:pixelAspectRatio parameter property. My question is whether the definition of ittp:aspectRatio refers to SAR or DAR? Further, if it refers to DAR and the related media object employs non-square pixels, then there may be a problem in that IMSC excludes specifying ttp:pixelAspectRatio. This is a problem because coordinates expressed in pixel units in TTML documents are, due the existence of the ttp:pixelAspectRatio property, implicitly expressing pixels in the storage rather than display coordinate space. [1] https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/ttml/raw-file/tip/ttml-ww-profiles/ttml-ww-profiles.html#ttp-aspectRatio [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspect_ratio_(image)#Distinctions [3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Display_aspect_ratio [4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixel_aspect_ratio
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