Aspect ratio question

[mill48]

Haven't run into this situation with previous versions of SVCD2DVD (currently using 2.0.2117.24512), of course I may not have had assets of mixed aspect ratios, either...

My current project has two assets: one 4:3 source (512x384) and one 16:9 source (624x352). Both files are XVID and both are NTSC (film) at 23.976 FPS.

It seems that no matter what settings I use, the resulting DVD turns out full screen (4:3) ... no problem for the 4:3 source, but the 16:9 source also is rendered in 4:3 (vertically stretched).

What SVCD2DVD settings should be used so the 4:3 title set comes out 4:3 and that the 16:9 title set comes out 16:9?

I am creating a (silent) menu, not a QUICK DVD ...

Please do not hesitate to request any information I have failed to provide.

Thanks for your help!

[ChrissyBoy]

Are they in seperate VTSs? What is the duration of each asset? During the encoding what bitrate is being used?

[mill48]

CB,

Yes, seperate VTSs.

16:9 asset
AV Details ===================
FormatName=avi
Num_Frames=57951
DurationInSecs=2416
Duration=00:40:16.7
VideoCodec=mpeg4
Width=512
Height=384
Standard=NTSC (Film)
BitRate=1220
AudioStreamCount=1
Audio1SampleRate=48000
Audio1Codec=mp3
Audio1BitRate=128
Audio2SampleRate=-1
Audio2Codec=NULL
Audio2BitRate=-1



4:3 asset:
AV Details ===================
FormatName=avi
Num_Frames=58914
DurationInSecs=2456
Duration=00:40:56.9
VideoCodec=mpeg4
Width=624
Height=352
Standard=NTSC (Film)
BitRate=1200
AudioStreamCount=1
Audio1SampleRate=48000
Audio1Codec=mp3
Audio1BitRate=128
Audio2SampleRate=-1
Audio2Codec=NULL
Audio2BitRate=-1


Thanks for your prompt response!

[ChrissyBoy]

ok. can you send me a sample of the 624*352 avi? (use the makesample tool in the tools folder) Say 5MB? Can you email that along with your existing log file too and I'll take a deeper look.

[mill48]

ChrissyBoy,

Samples & logs sent via e-mail.

Thanks for your help!

[mill48]

ChrissyBoy,

Looks like it might have been a PEBKAC error, not an SVCD2DVD error!

If I think that I see this happening again, I'll check further before posting an error report!

Thanks again for your help, and your excellent application!