Aspect Ratio Question

[rede96]

Hi,

I want to encode my DVD's and some movies in other formats to MP4 to play on AppleTV for a wide screen TV. However I am having a problem getting the right aspect ratio to show.

Basically different movies are giving different results. Some just show in a box (i.e. black on all 4 sides.) and I have to mess about in order to get it to fill the screen from left to right when I watch them.

What aspect ratio / pixel size should I encode to so all output movies have the same, wide screen aspect ratio.

Any help would be much appreciated.

[hech54]

• Video formats: H.264 video up to 720p, 30 frames per second, Main Profile level 3.1 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps per channel, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats. MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats. Motion JPEG (M-JPEG) up to 35 Mbps, 1280 by 720 pixels, 30 frames per second, audio in ulaw, PCM stereo audio in .avi file format
• Audio formats: HE-AAC (V1), AAC (16 to 320 Kbps), protected AAC (from iTunes Store), MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, and 4), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound pass-through

http://the-gadgeteer.com/2011/07/03/apple-tv-2nd-generation-review/

[rede96]

• Video formats: H.264 video up to 720p, 30 frames per second, Main Profile level 3.1 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps per channel, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats. MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats. Motion JPEG (M-JPEG) up to 35 Mbps, 1280 by 720 pixels, 30 frames per second, audio in ulaw, PCM stereo audio in .avi file format
• Audio formats: HE-AAC (V1), AAC (16 to 320 Kbps), protected AAC (from iTunes Store), MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, and 4), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound pass-through

http://the-gadgeteer.com/2011/07/03/apple-tv-2nd-generation-review/

Cool, thank you.

[hech54]

Handbreak has a preset for AppleTV but it's video dimensions don't match what I posted above. I use Handbreak for my iPod Touch videos.

[aedipuss]

xmedia recode has a bunch of apple presets, tv included.

[rede96]

Handbreak has a preset for AppleTV but it's video dimensions don't match what I posted above. I use Handbreak for my iPod Touch videos.

xmedia recode has a bunch of apple presets, tv included.

Great, thanks. I'll try those out well.