Convert divx to dvd with borders so not to stretch pic

[RaleighNC]

I have a divx vids (400x288 and 400x304) which I want to convert to dvd res. I need help with setting borders in dvd2svcd so that the vid doesn't look too stretch. I've search the forum, but I must not be searching with the right key words.

Is there a formula to use? Or a link?

TIA,
Ed.

[yoda313]

Hello,

If you look under the dvd2svcd listing in the tool section on this website it will list a series of guides for the program. Here is one:

http://www.dvdrbase.com/showthread.php?t=25572

A quick read came up with this paragraph from the guide:

. Click the Conversion tab, and load in the DivX file. It will indicate its length and select an Aspect ratio mode and mark the Audio track. There is no Cut or Trim features here. Tick the NTSC to PAL box if your player cannot playback NTSC movies correctly, but be aware this makes the movie about 4% shorter in length and runs 4% faster, which is normally un-noticable. DVD2SVCD still has problems with most AVI's setting the correct aspect ratio. It tends to select 4:3 (No borders, encoded as 4:3) for everthing ! If its a true 4:3, then do not change it, however, if there were any black bars top & bottom when you played it earlier in WMP, then change this to Anamorphic (no boarders, encode as 16:9). This is normal for 90% of all movies. Click Auto Shutdown if you wish the PC to shutdown when encoding is finished.

I hope this helps .

Kevin