Wrong Aspect Ratio

[weathervane]

I borrowed a neighbor's tape-to-DVD converter (I think it was a Sony). As I watched on the TV each tape being recorded, the aspect ratio was the correct 4:3. When I played-back the DVDs, they were stretched on my TV into widescreen. I wanted to create a DVD with menus, but all my PC software displays the movies in widescreen. (The mediainfo and gspot utilities report the files are 4:3.) Is there any way to correct this for full-screen?

The IfoEdit results for my files are:

1. In the lines for vts_1 and vts_01 mine reads (4:3) (not specified perm.display);

2. In the files' video attributes, the "4:3" radio button is already checked.

3. In both files, none of the three Static boxes are checked.

Any suggestions?

[lordsmurf]

Is the TV in 16:9 mode?

[weathervane]

There are no such settings for my TV.
Windows has no such settings.
Adobe Premiere has no such settings.

[AlanHK]

I borrowed a neighbor's tape-to-DVD converter

Just what is on the DVD?

Is there a VIDEO_TS folder with VOB, IFO, etc files; i.e., a complete standard DVD fileset?

In any case, you might try to reauthor it, use a DVD backup to extract elementary streams: M2V video and AC3 (or MP2) audio, and reauthor.

When you import the video into the authoring app you should see what ratio it is. If it's wrong, use ReStream to change it -- only takes a minute.

[weathervane]

AlanHK: Restream complains that the vob I was going to test in Restream needs first to be demultiplexed first:

"ERROR! You're trying to retream a multiplexed file!
Only MPEG2-elementary files are allowed!
Demultiplex the video-stream first!"

What does it want?

[poisondeathray]

it wants the elementary video stream (i.e. the video , without the audio)

you can use dgindex to demultiplex it , then feed the .m2v file into restream

if you want to multiplex it back with the audio, you could use imagompegmuxer, or muxman , or just reauthor using dvd authoring software

[weathervane]

F*#k it.

[guns1inger]

You can use DVD Patcher to change the Aspect Ratio on mpg and VOB files

[weathervane]

Great, guns1inger. Now, DVDPatcher says the VOBs are 720x480, 16:9. I can check 4:3 but what do I enter for Horizontal Size, and do I patch only the first header?

[netmask56]

I borrowed a neighbor's tape-to-DVD converter (I think it was a Sony). As I watched on the TV each tape being recorded, the aspect ratio was the correct 4:3. When I played-back the DVDs, they were stretched on my TV into widescreen. I wanted to create a DVD with menus, but all my PC software displays the movies in widescreen. (The mediainfo and gspot utilities report the files are 4:3.) Is there any way to correct this for full-screen?

The IfoEdit results for my files are:

1. In the lines for vts_1 and vts_01 mine reads (4:3) (not specified perm.display);

2. In the files' video attributes, the "4:3" radio button is already checked.

3. In both files, none of the three Static boxes are checked.

Any suggestions?

Open the video IFO in IfoEdit, choose the video stream in the list, double click on it, and select "4:3 Pan and Scan" (Static box) and save the IFO.

[guns1inger]

Great, guns1inger. Now, DVDPatcher says the VOBs are 720x480, 16:9. I can check 4:3 but what do I enter for Horizontal Size, and do I patch only the first header?

Don't change anything but the aspect ratio, and patch the whole file. You will also have to make sure that your ifo files are correct as well (see previous post re: ifoedit)

[AlanHK]

AlanHK: Restream complains that the vob I was going to test in Restream needs first to be demultiplexed first:

"ERROR! You're trying to retream a multiplexed file!
Only MPEG2-elementary files are allowed!
Demultiplex the video-stream first!"

What does it want?

It told you exactly what it wants.
And I told you how to do it in my previous post.

Instead of trying to do surgery on the obviously screwed up files you have, demultiplex the video and reauthor using any of a dozen tools and you will have a correct working DVD file set in 5 minutes.