480 * 480 vcd . How do you get rid of the letter box size?

[ticos2000]

Dear sirs:

Firs of all let me congratulate you guys for this GREAT forum..

I am trying to improve my VCDs using (as somebody suggested in this forum) the 480 * 480 template + normal vcd settingsthat means i am still stuck with 1150 bitrate). The thingis that the size of the movie turns into a letter box. Can anybody help me with that. How can you make it without distorting the final shape of the movie?

Best regards from Colombia south america

[RaleighNC]

I'll give it a shot. Are u using tmpgenc?? if so you can play with the settings>>advanced>>source aspect ratio.

Just a guess. set it to vga 1:1 and under video, set it also to vga 1:1 or 4:3.

[Yeshi]

nope, its OK for the movie to be more letter boxed or streched in 480*480. the end result (if you play it fullscreen, or on your DVD player) will play as a normal file without the letterboxage you see during encoding.

[RaleighNC]

Like i said, just a guess. Checking back I should have said video arrange method = full screen (keep ratio aspect). Sorry.

Thanks, Yeshi.

[Yeshi]

NP. yes its true you should always keep your video arrange method as fullscreen (keep aspect ratio). i actually use fullscreen (keep aspect ratio 2)