HalfD1(?) to 720x480?

[hech54]

Some idiot sent me a DVD Recorder DVD that he piled too much crap onto and I believe the result is HalfD1. What is the best way to get this back to full size? I believe I have dealt with this before by simply opening it in MPEGVCR and adjusting the output specs before saving it. Should I re-encode it with TMPGEnc Plus or MainConcept Reference? I'll be putting it to a single layer DVD of course.

General
Complete name : C:\Documents and Settings
Format : MPEG-PS
File size : 951 MiB
Duration : 42mn 49s
Overall bit rate : 3 104 Kbps

Video
ID : 224 (0xE0)
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Main@Main
Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, Matrix : Default
Format settings, GOP : M=3, N=15
Duration : 42mn 49s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 2 786 Kbps
Nominal bit rate : 3 758 Kbps
Width : 352 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Standard : NTSC
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Interlaced
Scan order : Top Field First
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.550
Stream size : 853 MiB (90%)

Audio
ID : 128 (0x80)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Duration : 42mn 49s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 256 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Video delay : -67ms
Stream size : 78.4 MiB (8%)

PS - it's surprisingly very good quality.

[Baldrick]

WHy not leave it as 352x480? It is dvd compliant. Or else must you reconvert.

[hech54]

My only concern is that my friends who also want this video are not very "video-savvy". They will probably want to convert this to their iPhones and other assorted hand-held gadgets....something like this might throw them off....maybe?

[intracube]

My only concern is that my friends who also want this video are not very "video-savvy". They will probably want to convert this to their iPhones and other assorted hand-held gadgets....something like this might throw them off....maybe?

Any decent conversion software should take the 'display aspect ratio' into account when resizing the video.

Even if you re-encoded the video to 720x480 or 704x480, neither is 4:3 (square pixels). If they're not sure how to convert the video properly they could screw that up just as easily. Or the interlacing, or the frame rate, etc

[TBoneit]

I have to agree with Baldrick, just leave it alone. Why take the quality hit on something that may not even be a problem. If it is 1/2 D1 it is already compromised in quality.

However if you feel you must resize it then use the max legal DVD bitrate and put 1 hour per DVD.