640x480 Converting to DVD, Playback on DVD is trimmed

[Mnemic]

Hey all, Well, I'm ina rut. Starting to irritate me, and so I've come to where the best of the best are

Ok I've got some anime Fansubs I'm wanting to convert to play on DVD players.... I don't have the exact specs for all the various encodings I've tried, as I've tried so many, I'm fustrated.

I've tried converting the files to 352x480 and 352x240 and the same thing keeps happening during playback in my Apex DVD player. the four sides of the video are trimmed, so text that takes up most of the width of the screen is getting chopped off during playback.

I'm at a total loss, as the files appear to playback ok in WinDVD.

I've tried using the wizard, using Various DVD templates, and all of them do the same thing. I know its possible the DVD player is doing it, but I would think it would be duplicating the problem on other DVDs that are store made, and I can't tell the diffrence with playback on WinDVD or the DVD player with Movie DVDs.

I'm using TMPGenc to convert the files, and Authoring with DVD-Lab

Any suggestions?

if anyone does anime conversions, I'd appreciate the specs they convert their files too as well if you can spare the time

Thanks!

[Supreme2k]

It's due to overscan on your TV. When you convert, go to settings, advanced and choose to clip frame (i think). then put a black border about 10-25 pixels on each side. If you have a RW, try it there first to see how much black space you need to compensate for overscan.

[dafreak]

what you wanna do is run the file through gspot.
it will show you what aspect ratio it's in.

so for example, I just encoded 30 episodes of wolf's rain the other day.

this is the avi details.
fps: 23.97
aspect ratio: 640 x 480 (1.33)

1.33 is a 4:3 aspect ratio.


VIDEO TAB
Stream type: MPEG-2 Video

Size: 720x480 (for NTSC)

Aspect ratio: 4:3 Display or 16:9 Display ; for this example, it should be set to 4:3 display

Frame Rate: 23.97 for this example

Rate control mode: 2-pass VBR or CBR depending on what you want to do.


Rate control settings: depends on 2-pass or cbr. the higher the bitrate, the less anime episodes you can fit on one dvd-r

VBV buffer size: 0 (automatic)

Profile and level: MP@ML

Video format: NTSC

Encode mode: 3:2 pulldown for this example, since framerate is 23.97

YUV format: 4:2:0

DC component precision: 10 bits

Motion search precision: motion estimate (fast)


ADVANCED TAB
Video source type: this will usually change on it's own depending on the avi.

Field order: Bottom

Source aspect ratio: use 1:1 display


Video arrange method: This setting is tricky. for 640 x 480, i've learned that center (keep aspect ratio) works the best. When you encode, it looks like you'll have a frame around the video but when you burn and play on your tv, it should come up full screen.


QUANTIZE MATRIX

choose cg/animation

[Sakuya]

I'm also converting an anime that is also the same resolution as dafreak's mentioned above. I've been using Constant Bitrate (CBR) due to a guide I read. Is it wrong? I also use Videohelp's Bitrate Calculator and the guide tells me to put the calculated bitrate below the Constant Bitrate (CBR) setting.

I have always set my DC component precision as the default which is 9 bits since I don't really know what it does. What's the difference?

Also, I always leave the GOP and the Quantize Matrix alone. But now that you said there's an option in the Quantize Matrix for CG/Animation, what's the difference. I've opened the preview function with those settings and it doesn't look any different.

Is there a certain kind of AVI where using Full Screen (keep aspect ratio) for the Video Arrange Method is fine? My AVI is also 4:3 and when using Full Screen (KAR), it trims a bit from the left and right sides.

[chobo321321]

If the avi resolution is 640X480 (no letterbox) then your Avi's aspect ration is 4:3 (use 4:3 for source aspect ratio in TMPenc advanced settings. Also use 4:3 in Video -> Aspect ration so resizing doesn't take place. As for the resolution I heard you should use 720x480.

here's a link for setting up tmpgenc:
http://dvd-hq.info/Compression.html

[Sakuya]

Thanks I got it. Should I be using Center (KAR) for 16:9 movies as well? The resolution is 768x432 and when I divide that it is 1.777777777777777777778. With the 8 at the end. I have been taught to use Full Screen (KAR) for widescreen...

[Still Learning Here]

I have the same problem too when i convert 640x480(avi) to 720x480(dvd) using CCE. I have to addborder (40,30,40,30) then it come out much better, i can read the subtitle now The width comeout to be perfect, while top and bottom have a tiny black border, so you might able to decrease the addborder to (40,20,40,20).

[johndoe]

In TMPGE in settings/ video the resolution should be at 720x480. then go to advance and video arrange method/custom setting and put 640x450. I'm assuming the anime file is set at 640x480. I've just finished 80 eps of Naruto. so all is good.

[cutiexkimi]

Hi I'm completely new to dvd burning and I've been reading all the posts that I can for this topic. My subtitles got trimmed when I burned an anime movie from my harddrive to a dvd so I did what dafreak said to do and I kept getting error messages when I used TMPGE to encode the file. The first time, it was 50% done and then I got an error related to the audio so I tried to fix that. On my second try, it was almost done encoding and then I got a different error. The encoded file works when I play it but it's really blurry and pixelated. Is that suppose to happen? Also, I ran it through the Gspot program and nothing seems wrong with it. Is there a guide for newbies on how to burn anime movies onto dvds? Any recommended programs for it? Any help would be greatly appreciated! thanks!