xvid to dvd, looks cropped on tv

[deh707]

i have an xvid file that is 640x360. i use tmpgenc to convert it, using:

video tab: aspect ratio: 4:3
advanced tab: source aspect ratio: 4:3 525 line (ntsc)
"full screen (Keep aspect ratio)"

i author and burn to dvd. i play the disc on pc and notebook, it's fine.

but when i play it in xbox or standalone, the left and right are a little bit chopped off.

what do i do? different aspect ratios?

[deh707]

i used virtualdub to cut out a 6 second clip, how do i upload it so you guys can try converting it to dvd then burn to dvd+rw and test it for me?

here's the clip: http://www.vimeo.com/clip=7213
(save clip)

when i play the dvdr in my standalone, or xbox, the old man on the bottom left who is sitting at a table, his right arm is half missing. and on the bottom right, that small brown box is missing.

[jimmalenko]

Have a look in the Glossary for overscan.

[deh707]

oh, so it's normal? %4 isnt too bad. oh well

[jimmalenko]

oh, so it's normal? %4 isnt too bad. oh well

Yep, totally normal on CRT TVs.

If it is desperately important stuff that's being cut off, you can add black borders around your footage, but different TVs have different levels of overscan so if you find the border range that suits this TV, a few years on when you get a new TV the overscan might be different, or if you get an LCD TV you'll find that there's no overscan at all and you can fully see the black borders.

So there's points for and against compensating for it.

[deh707]

how do i add black borders with tmpgenc?

[lordsmurf]

Encode the video to 352x480

And do this:

[deh707]

oh, i see. but do i have to encode to 352x480? can i just encode to 720x480 and mess with the center and clipping filters?