Video is streching to full screen when i play my dvds on the tv

[chris lund]

Right....bit of a problem.

Dont know if this is meant to happen but when i encode an xvid to dvd....and the orig xvid is in letterbox....

when i play the dvd on my tv it stretches the picture to full screen and really i want to keep the origional letterbox format.

It doesnt do it to svcds tho, they stay in letterbox format.

Also when i play the dvd on the pc in power dvd it is in letterbox like it should be....but not on the tv

Thanx

p.s when using winavi in the past these xvids encoded and when played on a dvd player was still in letterbox like it should be

[chris lund]

oh and also i encoded a 4:3 vcd to dvd, but its squashed into letterbox, is there a way of keeping it in 4:3

[chris lund]

right, think the problem im having is the same as this persons

https://forum.videohelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=289799&highlight=xvid+dvd

so would it be possible to get the overscan options for my svcd2dvd??

[ChrissyBoy]

The overscan "feature" will be release ASAP. But it sounds to me that there is another issue here for you....

Can you post you log?

[ChrissyBoy]

Logs are created in the logs folder under where you installed the program. Logs are created for each run.

[chris lund]

ther u go

************************************************** ******************
************************ SYSTEM INFORMATION ************************
************************************************** ******************

***************************** SVCD2DVD *****************************

Name: SVCD2DVD 2.0
Title: 2.0
Version: 2.0.2146.38069
Executable: C:\Program Files\BadgerIT\SVCD2DVD v2\SVCD2DVD.exe
Executable size: 2.51 MB
Executable size in bytes: 2642003
Executable CreationTime: 16/11/2005 21:11:40
Executable LastWriteTime: 16/02/2006 01:42:40
Executable LastAccessTime: 17/02/2006 16:14:24

************************* Operating System *************************

Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Service Pack: Service Pack 2
Version : 5.1.2600
Windows Directory : C:\WINDOWS

OSLanguage: 1033
CodeSet: 1252
CountryCode: 44
Local: 0809

Total Physical Memory: 511 MB
Free Physical Memory: 271 MB
Total Virtual Memory: 1.99 GB
Free Virtual Memory: 1.96 GB

***************************** Computer *****************************

Computer Manufacturer Name: VIA
Computer Model: K7VT6
System Type: X86-based PC
Computer Name: CHRIS
DomainRole: x2c3419cdc9b8e007
Number Of Processors: 1
User Name: CHRIS\CJL

***************************** Processor ****************************

Manufacturer: AuthenticAMD
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2800+
Description: x86 Family 6 Model 10 Stepping 0
CPU Speed: 2.082GHz
CPU FSB: 166MHz
L2 Cache Size: 512 bytes

***************************** Time Zone ****************************

Time Zone: (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time : Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London

****************************** VIDEO *******************************

Name: RADEON 9200 SERIES
Processor: RADEON 9200 SE AGP (0x5964)
Mode: 1024 x 768 x 4294967296 colors
Video Ram: 128 MB
Status: OK

Name: RADEON 9200 SERIES - Secondary
Processor: RADEON 9200 SE AGP (0x5964)
Mode:
Video Ram: 128 MB
Status: OK

****************************** Drives *******************************

DeviceID: C:
FileSystem: NTFS
Size: 111 GB
FreeSpace: 30.2 GB

************************************************** ******************
********************* END OF SYSTEM INFORMATION ********************
************************************************** ******************

************************* ProjectMetaData **************************

<SVCD2DVD DateTime="17/02/2006 16:14:43"><AssetSet><Asset ID="706fa697-1612-4bea-a0c0-496a36ecfb5b" Path="C:\Program Files\GrabIt\Download\My Stuff\Movies\Xvids\The Pink Panther" Filename="mvn-tpptsxvid.avi" /></AssetSet><DVDStructure><TitleSet Name="New Movie" PostCmd="" MenuButtonType="0"><MenuButton X1="0" Y1="0" X2="262" Y2="49" FontFamily="Tahoma" FontSize="28" FontStyle="3">Menu Button</MenuButton><Title Name="mvn-tpptsxvid.avi" AssetID="706fa697-1612-4bea-a0c0-496a36ecfb5b" MplexOffset="0" /></TitleSet><DVDMenu TVStandard="PAL" Normal="-1" Highlight="-65536" Active="-16711681" ShowPlayAllButton="False" DSOffsetWidth="1" DSOffsetHeight="1" DSColor="0" DSOnOff="True" BackgroundImagePath="C:\Program Files\BadgerIT\SVCD2DVD v2\default.jpg" AudioPath="" /></DVDStructure><Settings><General InitialAssetFolder="" InitialDVDFolder="" InitialProjectFolder="" DeleteS2DFiles="False" UseDVDShrink="False" /><Menu AudioEncoding="Custom_mpa" DefaultCustomAudioPath="" DefaultCustomImagePath="" TVStandard="PAL" FontFamily="Tahoma" FontSize="28" FontStyle="3" PlayAllText="Play All" Loop="True" EncodeVideo2AudioDuration="False" /><Process AudioEncoding="mpa" Chapters="Every 10 mins" SkipMPA48="False" SkipAC3="True" PanSan="False" MergeTitles="False" UsePulldown="True" PAL2NTSC="False" AVI2PASS="False" AVI2HALFD1="FS" NoBframes_FullME="False" UseCustomMatrices="False" IntraMatrix="" NonIntraMatrix="" /><Program BINExtraction="vcdxrip" VCDGearFIX="False" FastAudioEncode="True" /><Burning BurningMethod="NONE" DVDDrive="LITE-ON DVDRW SOHW-1633S" NeroWriteSpeed="Max" Eject="True" HighDVDCompat="True" VerifyDVD="False" DVDDecrypterPath="" DVDDErase="True" DVDDClose="False" DVDDDontBurn="False" /></Settings></SVCD2DVD>

************************* ProjectMetaData **************************
Processing assets for DVD creation

=================== AV Details ===================
File Size: 690 MB
file=C:\Program Files\GrabIt\Download\My Stuff\Movies\Xvids\The Pink Panther\mvn-tpptsxvid.avi
FormatName=avi
Num_Frames=132306
DurationInSecs=5292
Duration=01:28:12.2
VideoCodec=mpeg4
Width=576
Height=336
Standard=PAL
BitRate=1094
AudioStreamCount=1
Audio1SampleRate=44100
Audio1Codec=mp3
Audio1BitRate=96
Audio2SampleRate=-1
Audio2Codec=NULL
Audio2BitRate=-1
=================== AV Details ===================

AVI2MPG: 6000kbs Full-D1
16:14:43: Looking for AVI PAR...
Pass 1/1: Processing mvn-tpptsxvid.avi
16:14:45: ffmpeg version CVS, build 3276800, Copyright (c) 2000-2004 Fabrice Bellard

16:14:45: configuration: --enable-a52 --enable-gpl --enable-memalign-hack --disable-debug --enable-pthreads

16:14:45: built on Nov 9 2005 11:51:11, gcc: 3.2.3 (mingw special 20030504-1)

16:14:45: inputduration4logo: 88

16:14:45: Input #0, avi, from 'C:\Program Files\GrabIt\Download\My Stuff\Movies\Xvids\The Pink Panther\mvn-tpptsxvid.avi':

16:14:45: Duration: 01:28:12.2, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1094 kb/s

16:14:45: Stream #0.0, 25.00 fps: Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 576x336

16:14:45: Output #0, dvd, to 'C:\Program Files\GrabIt\Download\My Stuff\Movies\Xvids\The Pink Panther\mvn-tpptsxvid_S2D.mpg':

16:14:45: Stream #0.0, 25.00 fps: Video: mpeg2video (hq), yuv420p, 720x576, q=1-31, 6000 kb/s

16:14:45: Stream #0.1: Audio: mp2, 48000 Hz, stereo, 224 kb/s

16:14:45: Stream mapping:

16:14:45: Stream #0.0 -> #0.0

16:14:45: Stream #0.1 -> #0.1

17:47:04: video:3874870kB audio:144709kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead 1.865083%

17:47:04: AVI2MPG: done.
17:47:04: Done: Processing assets for DVD creation
Authoring DVD Folders
17:47:04: Creating TitleSet # 1
17:47:05: SVCD2DVD: DVDfolders

Generating DVD folders please wait....

17:47:05: -->: DVDFolders creating VTS

17:47:05: -->: VTS 01

17:47:05:
DVD Folders: Processing C:\Program Files\GrabIt\Download\My Stuff\Movies\Xvids\The Pink Panther\mvn-tpptsxvid_S2D.mpg...

17:52:44:

17:54:42:

17:54:42: Finalising DVD...
17:54:42: SVCD2DVD: DVDfolders

Generating DVD folders please wait....

17:54:42: -->: DVDFolders creating table of contents

17:54:42: scanning C:\Program Files\GrabIt\Download\My Stuff\Movies\Xvids\The Pink Panther\SVCD2DVD_OUTPUT\VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_0.IFO

17:54:42: Finalising DVD...Done
17:54:42: Done: Authoring DVD Folders

[chris lund]

can you see what my problem is from that then m8?

[ChrissyBoy]

No. But i have a test version with the overscan feature for you to see if that sorts it. Drop me an email & I'll send it to you.

[Azza_b]

Hmm, this isn't really the problem i was having...

When i played my xvids they would display more in playing them on a pc (i.e. when the credits came up etc, you could see more words) than they would when played on a DVD player, but it was retaining the correct aspect ratio.

I know it's obvious, but are you sure you've fiddled about with ALL the various combinations of tv and dvd settings you can set ?

The overscan feature that i was using just extended the amount of picture that's rendered onscreen via a tv, but it sounds like you're trying to use this to force a different screen size ?

[repiman]

Now, is the problem of chris lund solved?
I have got the same trouble and would be interested as well.
Please let me know if any hints are available to overcome this streching.
Thanks in advance.