Help resizing m2v's to 720 x 480 from 480 x 480 for dvdr

[spidey]

Hi All,

I have alot of SVCD clips that I have begun transferring over to dvdr to compile them all. They are 480x480 in resolution. I am using dvdit to author. It will not take 480 res clips (only Scenarist will, and I'm not attempting that ..LOL)

My questions is, does anyone have any easy ideas ? I am currently using the doom9 dvdpatcher method (which differs from the one here by going to 352x240, no bitrate adjusting, then redoing the vob's to 480x480 after you transcde the Vid / Aud TS).

Ideally I'd like to resize all the m2v streams to 720 x 480 (I've demultiplexed and am ac3'ing the audio).

I have tried dvd2avi - > vfapi - > avisynth - > CCE. Which would encode them quickly to a bigger res. However, I just can not figure out the scripting or the process. If anyone has some sample scripts, a preferred method, or if anyone can help I'd really appreciate it.

Thank you all very much I was using cce 2.66

[ImaWeTodd]

I found FitCD to be quite helpful for comming up with the right resize scripts.

Also, there is a guide under author (i think) that talks about putting svcds on a DVDr, with all of the compatability concerns of course. Re-encoding seems to be a bad thing.

So Scenarist allows you to work with 480x480? I don't think maestro does. I wounder what it does with it. I would think it would have to re-encode to get the dvd to spec.

[spidey]

Yeah I tried FitCD, but it still eludes me.

Yes, Scenarist lets you use 480 x 480, but it's the only SOnic platform to do so.

I tihink I'll just use the doom9 method then.

You use dvdpatcher to do the resize to 352 x 480, author your disc out to the Folders. Then run the vobs back through dvdpatcher, to 480 x 480.

If your player can play SVCD you should be cool they say, but I just wanted to get it done totally right and CCE let you re-encode the m2v in like 45 minutes, so it wasn't much of a hassle.

Thanks

[ImaWeTodd]

Hey,

Great trick. Fake out the author program then put the dimensions back so the dvd player shows the correct image. I may try this for captures at 480 vs 352.

Thanks

EDIT: The Trick was to change the dims back. I missed the fact that this was all in the guide on this site. The one I thought I had read and referred to. I must be a reeetard.

[wulf109]

Ifoedit 0.95 will author from a 480x480 SVCD and it will automatically correct the resolution to 720x480 and it will even author 44100 audio without re-sampleing. The limitation is that it can only author one movie but you could join your SVCD's.

[spidey]

Wulf109, thank you much I'll have to check into that. Is there a straight forward just m2v resizer ? Or must you actualy use ifoEdit to author the disc then ?

I gotta admit I am digging how easy DVDit is to add all the custom backgrounds buttons, etc, with using Photshop overlays etc.....

I just wish there was an easier way to get these authoring proggy's to take these streams. It definately is pretty cr*ppy that these programs take virtually all other XXX x 480 dimensions but 480.

Do you guys think they did it on purpose knowing that SVCD's are at those sizes ? Maybe I'm giving them too much credit, but I'd have thought they'd have tried to let you incoporate those streams.

Scenarist is totally out of the question to learn. Looking at it almost evokes an instant headache.

As far as the dvdpatcher guides, I didn't think the guide on vcdhelp, talked of the converting of the vobs back. That's where I ran into initail problems. Maybe I should re-read it and this is my mistake.

Thanks again guys. Any other help and ideas are greatly appreciated !!!!