Post ASjqJCDG4jh5pmkR2e by kepstin@glitch.social
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 (DIR) Post #ASjqJBPd3FzlLrWngW by federicomena@mstdn.mx
       2023-02-15T22:41:43Z
       
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       What's the last video hardware you used with non-square pixels?  I think mine was an EGA on PC/AT.  I think all VGA could do 320x240 with square pixels?
       
 (DIR) Post #ASjqJCDG4jh5pmkR2e by kepstin@glitch.social
       2023-02-16T00:26:38Z
       
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       @federicomena VGA text mode is 720x400 resolution, intended to be displayed as 4:3, and I have a bunch of pre-UEFI computers that still use that mode regularly.Last time I used a Linux GUI on a screen with non-square pixels was 1280x1024 on a 4:3 CRT back in the mid 2000s.I still regularly work with standard definition NTSC video, which is almost always captured and stored in non-square-pixel formats.
       
 (DIR) Post #ASjqJCwzKiH27c8xJw by federicomena@mstdn.mx
       2023-02-16T00:36:02Z
       
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       @kepstin can we have a minute of silence for 4:3 laptops.
       
 (DIR) Post #ASjqJE4TANqtb6eRcW by kepstin@glitch.social
       2023-02-16T06:21:44Z
       
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       @federicomena when I was using CRT monitors at 1280x1024, i made sure to configure my monitor pixel aspect ratio in my mplayer configuration so it could stretch the video to compensate, otherwise everything in the video would be a bit vertically squashed.It seemed worth it to get that extra 64px of vertical space for toolbars and things.Annoyingly most web browsers and image viewers didn't support compensating for non-square pixels.