How 2 determine what the source screen ratio is?

[KevN2002]

TMPGEnc sets the soruce to default 1:1 VGA. Most of the .avi files Im reencoding to SVCD are DVD quality wide screen type, with top and bottom edges cut off.. What should I use a the source ratio? I use the output ratio as "full screen-keep aspect ratio".

Will changing this help to give a 'bigger' picture instead of the extremely cropped picture I get now?

[KingJohn]

TMPGEnc should display the source ratio of the actual AVI, what ever that may be.

Full screen > keep aspect ratio is correct, but if the source is almost full screen, you may be able to remove the tiny black borders with crop, without too much stretching.

If the source is widescreen, then you cannot make it full screen without loosing the left and right of the frame, and in most cases stretching the movie.

[sundi]

your doing the right thing with the output aspect ratio. Keep that on Full Screen (keep aspect ratio). If you are encoding a tv show you've downloaded (the are usually low resolution), i would use Center (keep aspect ratio). For the source ratio, in general, all divx files you download should be set at 1:1 VGA. I have never set that any other way and don't think i ever will.

[KingJohn]

Size recommended aspect ratio
320x240 1:1 (VGA)
352x240 (Video-CD) 4:3 NTSC
640x480 1:1 (VGA)
720x480 (DV, DVD) 4:3 NTSC
None of the above Try 1:1 (VGA) first.

These are automatically set