Procoder for PAL

[Leon8]

I want to re-encode a mpeg file from 8500 bit rate to 6500 bitrate
using Procoder Express. It is PAL 16X9 720 x 576.
My end result is much more stretch horizontally than the original.

Any help will be much appreciated.

[thevoelk]

Are you setting your target to 16x9 (assuming the "It is PAL 16x9 720x576" statement is describing the source) or vice-versa?

[Leon8]

Yes I am setting my target to 16X9

[guns1inger]

Have you confirmed that your source is also set to 16:9

[Leon8]

I check the source is also set at 16x9 but the "display is 540x576"

[Leon8]

In the source window it states the Video aspect ratio is 64:27.
Can this be edited? I don't know where the Procoder get these numbers.
I convert file in Mainconcept and it was fine I just want to do a comparsion
between the 2 software.

[Zetti]

I check the source is also set at 16x9 but the "display is 540x576"

I have exact the same problem, my source is 540 x 576 and, on Procoder, if crop 72 lines up and bottom and resize to 720 x 576 I get the horizontal bars with the double size of the original 4x3 LB source....I mean, I get the opposite result, I wanna get rid of the black bars but they appear with the double size

With sources 720 x 576 everything runs fine on Procoder (cutting 72 up and down and resizing works perfectly)

Does anyone have an idea on how to fix that on Procoder ?

Thanks,

Zetti

[guns1inger]

You don't have true PAL source, you have some half-assed digital cable recording or similar. Can you post a few seconds of footage somewhere so I can have a look and play ?

[Zetti]

You don't have true PAL source, you have some half-assed digital cable recording or similar. Can you post a few seconds of footage somewhere so I can have a look and play ?

Thanks guns !

Well, my first thought was to resize it to 720 x 576, and start from there, I mean, I would be starting from a "compliant" source. As I said, I have just worked on another video that was already 720 x 576 and cropping 72 up and down and resizing worked perfectly, so...

I tried that on Procoder, to feed the "uncompliant" movie and create a new correct one. Then, I would quit Procoder, load it again with a new project, feed in the "compliant" video and it should work like the other video...

No, it hasn't worked, don't really know why
Again, I still had doubled black bars

So, I headed up to AVSynth and tried this:

LoadPlugin("F:\Programas_direto\dgmpgdec148\DGDeco de.dll")
Mpeg2Source("G:\Robert_Cray_Bellinzona_2000\AVS\Cr ay_PAL.d2v")
Lanczos4Resize(720,576)
crop(0,72,-0,-72)
Lanczos4Resize(720,576)


Fed this into Procoder and...it didn't work either
Again, the doubled black bars

Then, I tried feeding THIS into Procoder:

LoadPlugin("F:\Programas_direto\dgmpgdec148\DGDeco de.dll")
Mpeg2Source("G:\Robert_Cray_Bellinzona_2000\AVS\Cr ay_PAL.d2v")
Lanczos4Resize(720,576)
crop(0,72,-0,-72)

I mean, I fed into Procoder the CROPPED movie but UNRESIZED.......

IT WORKED !

Procoder saw the source as 720 x 432 and up-resized it to compliant 720 x 576.

I am really confused about it all but after one week dealing with these two videos I am happy I have reached somewhere,

Any ideas on how to do it all on Procoder

Many thanks,

Zetti