Movie incorrectly burns to dvd at 4:3 instead of 16:9 in Encore 2.0 - HELP!

[dysphonix]

thanks...

[guns1inger]

It's not your drive.

Aspect Ratio needs to be set in two places. The video needs to be encoded and flagged as 16:9, and the DVD needs to be authored as 16:9.

Check your video with g-spot 2.52beta to see what aspect ratio the m2v has flagged. Or load it into DVD Patcher. If it is 4:3, change the header and file flags to 16:9, then try compiling again.

[dysphonix]

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[manono]

Hi-

p.s. the m2v file is not being retranscoded in encore, I used procoder and the file seems to be fine as a 16:9 considering when I open it for example in WMP10, it plays back as a 16:9

Meaning what? That it's widescreen? Sounds to me like you have a widescreen 4:3 file on your hands. Didn't you say that it's set for 16:9 but it plays stretched? Anyway, you sound pretty confused, and what you write is pretty confusing.

and 6 more bucks later, same old problem....

Don't you even bother to test with a software DVD player, such as PowerDVD, before burning? And maybe you should invest in a DVD-RW or 2. From the sound of it, it may save you some money in the long run.

If you have a sample you could upload somewhere, we could have a look.

[dysphonix]

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[manono]

Hi-

OK, my mistake. When you said stretched, I thought you meant stretched horizontally.

Now, I'm not real sure of my ground here, and there are others that know more about it than I. The DAR is set in 2 places, the M2V and the IFO. The M2V can be 16:9, but if the IFO is 4:3, then you're out of luck, as a DVD player reads from the IFO. You said you're sure the M2V (and, I assume, the VOBs) is 16:9. What does the IFO say?

According to every program per your recommendations, aspect ratio is set correctly to 16:9

I guess you mean guns1inger's recommendations. He said pretty much the same thing when he said it also has to be authored as 16:9.

There are quite a few ways to check and, if necessary, change, the DAR of the IFOs, including IFOEdit. Me, I prefer to use PGCEdit. Open the DVD in PGCEdit, double-click the video in the left screen, and then hit "Domain Stream Attributes" in the lower left of the new screen that opens up. Then another new "Streams Attributes" screen will open up and, among other things, will tell you the DAR of the video. I'm pretty sure (but not 100% sure, as I've never had your problem) that it's reading the IFO. If it says 4:3, then OK your way out of there back to the main screen. Up at the top there's one Icon of a green reel of film. Click on it and then change from 4:3 to 16:9. Save it and test.

[dysphonix]

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[aedipuss]

what size did you encode it to? 720x480, 720x405, or something else?

[dysphonix]

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[manono]

Very cool. Glad to have helped, and I'm glad it worked out. I've never used Encore but I suspect that setting the DAR in the IFO as 4:3 is default. I also suspect that there's some way to change that default from 4:3 to 16:9, but people that use it (or the manual, or looking around inside) will have to tell you. In any event, you now know how to change it if you ever have that problem again. Thanks for reporting back.