Always cinema screen

[Sonny001]

Hello guys,

I like cinema screens (with the black beams in the top and bottom of the screen... ) . But when I convert a movie form avi to dvd (I always use all in one converters like DIKO), sometimes I get a cinema screen and sometimes there are no black beams...

Does anybody know how I can establish to get cinema screen after every converting. Is there a possibility to get always a cinema screen? What do I have to do to get this every time?

thnx!!

[JamieBecks23]

its called letterbox

[ZippyP.]

Not all sources are meant to be widescreen, you don't want to screw up the aspect ratio if it was originally full screen.

[Srembecki]

You may try some other tools. Diko I've never used. But have always had success with different ones. I'm downloading Diko and let you know.

[Sonny001]

Not all sources are meant to be widescreen, you don't want to screw up the aspect ratio if it was originally full screen.

Ok, but in witch aspect ratio I have a 'cinemascreen'? 4:3?, 16:9?

But have always had success with different ones.

Ok, only what do you establish to get succes (which options do you choose to get 'cinemascreen'?)

[Dragonsf]

widescreen, pls called it widescreen, comes in different flavours, of which 16:9 is the most known. If your source avi is anything but 4:3 (which is full screen), you can crop the boarders (in your language black beams) and resize the frame to your DVD resolution. Thus yielding an anamorphic DVD. In your mpeg-2 converter you should of course set the correct aspect ratio bit. After that, you should see your movie in letterbox on a 4:3 TV or widescreen on WS.
Beware: some aspect ratios may produce letterbox on a 16:9 WS TV too.

[guns1inger]

Actually, if the aspect ratio is is between 1.33 and 1.77:1 you need to go 4:3, possibly with black bars. If you try to go 16:9 you must either crop image from the top/bottom, or pillarbox (black bars in the sides). 1.777777778:1 is 16:9, so no black bars if you encode as 16:9. After that, you will have to have some bars - how much varies.

[Sonny001]

thnx for the reactions!

If your source avi is anything but 4:3 (which is full screen), you can crop the boarders (in your language black beams) and resize the frame to your DVD resolution

What do you mean exactly, can you maybe give an example?

In your mpeg-2 converter you should of course set the correct aspect ratio bit. After that, you should see your movie in letterbox on a 4:3 TV or widescreen on WS.

Do you maybe also have an example for this?

Actually, if the aspect ratio is is between 1.33 and 1.77:1 you need to go 4:3, possibly with black bars.

But how can I get these black bars?

[Dragonsf]

Let's say you have an avi named boss.avi, where there are black borders on top and bottom 72 pixels high and some black borders left and right 12 pixels.
Assuming the movie was 16:9, I'd do this avi script:

c=avisource("g:\boss.avi")
vb=70
hb=12
c1=c1.crop(hb, bt, 720-2*hb,576-2*vb).LanczosResize(720, 576)
return c1
and let CCE convert it to mpeg2. Under "video settings" you'll find a lixt box, where you can select 4:3 or 16:9 (for example). Other mpeg converters have similar settings.

[Sonny001]

Ok, thnx for the reactions! It clear enough now!