remove Widescreen???

[superjerman]

Is there anyone willing to explain to me the process of removing widescreen from a DVD??

I have DVD that has both Full Screen and Widescreen, and if I remove the widescreen I can get it to fit on a single DVD...

Do I
a) just remove the files from the VIDEO_TS folder and burn or
b) do something in IFOEdit then burn?

And if I have to use IFOedit what do I do? I know this can't be that hard, but I'm still learning!

[psychoace]

This is a tough question to really answer because how do you know it has two versions of the movie on the dvd? It just just be setting the dvd can use to have the same one source video at different aspect ratios. If that is the truth then your screwed. If you know for sure its two different streams then use dvddecrypter find which stream is which (in ifo mode it will show that if you select a chapter what aspect ratio is it 4:3 or 16:9) then extract it as you would any other movie

[chaseru]

It is quite easy to do with Instant Copy.

[mysticgohan17]

monster's inc and The new guy both have this feature.

[Bravoxena]

I live it when DVD's give you this feature!

[DoubleShadowIce]

This is a tough question to really answer because how do you know it has two versions of the movie on the dvd? It just just be setting the dvd can use to have the same one source video at different aspect ratios.

You immediately know if you had 2 versions of the movie because it says so on the case. If per chance, you don't have the case. Open up your DVD's VIDEO_TS folder in explorer. You'll have 2 titlesets with the same amount of VOBs with titleset size almost matching. If this is the case, it is not using the same source. I've never seen a dual aspect ratio DVD using one source. I don't think it's possible.

[Cornucopia]

Actually, the majority of movies these days are encoded to support both widescreen and fullscreen. This is called "Anamorphic". A few of these also have the intelligent "Pan & Scan" hinting codes added, but not many.

To get a better understanding of this, go to the DVD Demystified's DVD FAQ website.

Scott

[mysticgohan17]

Actually, the majority of movies these days are encoded to support both widescreen and fullscreen. This is called "Anamorphic". A few of these also have the intelligent "Pan & Scan" hinting codes added, but not many.

To get a better understanding of this, go to the DVD Demystified's DVD FAQ website.

Scott

wouldn't the quality on these be bad because its basically a zoom feature on the software(disc) and not the hardware(player)?

[Cornucopia]

I guess it could be considered a variation of a zoom, but it is a basic part of the DVD spec, and as such, must be supported by EVERY DVD player whether Hardware or Software. This means that the Settop players do incorporate the function, whether it specifically says so or not.

Now, when playing an anamorphic disc on a player, you have the choice of settings. With only a standard 4:3 TV, if you want widescreen, you're gonna get letterboxing. This is still quite good quality, but it is shrinking the image from what is encoded on disc and is somewhat sub-optimal. That's why you and I wanna get us a Plasma WideScreen HDTV and component ProgressiveScan DVD player, right?

Me, I prefer if titles either have it anamorphic, or if they give you one version on one side and the other version on the flip side. I hate it when they force you to P&S or to Letterbox. That's the cheap bully way out.

Scott

[Will Hay]

It is quite easy to do with Instant Copy.

Would you like to share that information for those of us who don't have physic powers and can't read your mind?
Will

[chaseru]

It is quite easy to do with Instant Copy.

Would you like to share that information for those of us who don't have physic powers and can't read your mind?
Will

Most Instant Copy guides will provide this information.

With the registry hack (DVD Magic=1) you can remove certain video and audio tracks.

By removing either the widescreen or full sceen tracks along some unwanted audio tracks most of these movies will fit on one dvd without re-encoding.

[TeFLoN]

If you COMPLETELY want to strip your WIDESCREEN then use 2cool's guides under IFOEDIT on the DOOM9 forums. They are all inclusive and will show you step for step how to do it. He has many many other guides for stripping unwanted stuff also. Check it out. www.doom9.org

TeFLoN