Spruceup problem

[tonyt100]

Hello everyone, heres the problem. I am trying to burn an NTSC movie onto a dvd-r. The movie was too large so I have downsampled it using cce 2.5 as part of dvd2dvd-r package. The re-encoded movie plays fine on my computer as a VOB. The program automatically authors the compressed m2v and ac3 file and creates the VOBS using ifoedit. I understand Ifoedit has a problem with NTSC movies. When I play the completed dvd-r in my standalone, there is a strange effect around any item, like an electrifying effect (best I can describe it), it is unwatchable. I know this has been covered. When I author the same m2v and ac3 files that I re-encoded, spruce-up seems to go fine. When I play them in my standalone, the video size is different than the original. It is still letterbox but the characters are stretched top to bottom a bit. I measured the height of the video that plays on my TV, and it is 2 inches bigger when authored with spruce-up. But the jaggedness I found with ifoedit is gone. Any ideas why the video is bigger top to bottom of this 16:9 dvd?
plz email me the answer at ??tonyt@adelphia.net just remove the 2 question marks..thanx
tony

[tonyt100]

Sorry for the winded question. I just looked at both video_ts.ifo files, the one created with spruceup and the one created with ifoedit. The ifoedit one is 16:9 in the properties, the spruceup is 4:3 in the properties section. I dont know how to change that option in spruce up..
thanx
tony

[SyCo]

@Tonyt100

Most probably your "electrifying effect " is due to the UpperFieldFirst option set in the wrong way.

If it is enabled you should disable it. On the computer everything seems okay but it comes out really bad on TV.

hope this help !

btw If you use BitrateViewer to see the UpperFieldFirst flag, you must always do the opposite. It seems to be a bug identifying Field first

[NYPlayer]

Spruce UP can only author at 4:3. You might want to try DVDMaestro.

[bugster]

After Authoring in SPrucUp, have it write a Titel Set to your HD. The use IfoEdit to change the aspect ratio to 16:9 from the 4:3 that SpruceUp writes. It seems to appear in 3 or so places in the ifo files so make sure you change them all. Now Burn.