Converting Aspect Ratio to 16:10...

[hiimbored]

Hey, I don't know if this is the right forum for this, but I've always gotten help in here before. I have an AVI file and the aspect ratio is really messed up and the only way I could get it to look good is changing it to 16:10 in VLC Media Player. But I want to convert it to DVD, so what program can I use to change the aspect ratio to 16:10? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

[guns1inger]

I suspect it should be 16:9. 16:10 is for laptops and PC displays.

You can alter the aspect ratio to 16:9 using mpeg4modifier. I know my divx player respects this. Otherwise change it to 16:9 when you encode. What software do you use to ecnode and author for DVD ?

[hiimbored]

I use TMPGEnc for my conversions. How would I use that to change the AR?

[guns1inger]

I don't use tmpgenc, but somewhere it will have a 16:9 flag or a widescreen template

[jagabo]

If the proper DAR of your video really is 16:10 you can use TMPGEnc's "Center (custom size)" option. Set the size to 648x480, encode as 720x480, 16:9 MPEG.

[hiimbored]

If the proper DAR of your video really is 16:10 you can use TMPGEnc's "Center (custom size)" option. Set the size to 648x480, encode as 720x480, 16:9 MPEG.

Yea when I watch it with VLC Media Player it only looks right when it's set to 16:10. I did what you said, but when it started encoding, it looked really horizontally stretched. What did I do wrong?

[jagabo]

What is the frame size of your source? Try setting TMPGEnc's Source Aspect Ratio to 1:1 VGA.

[hiimbored]

I don't know how to tell the frame size, but no matter what I do, I can't get it to look right.

[jagabo]

Use AVICodec or GSpot to get video properties.

[hiimbored]

GSpot says the frame size is 68,891.

[jagabo]

GSpot says the frame size is 68,891.

??? I think you're looking at the number of frames. We need to know the frame dimensions -- like 640x400 or similar.

[hiimbored]

it says 512 x 384.

[jagabo]

My earier instructions should have worked. From TMPGEnc press the Setting button then:

1) On the Advanced tab set "Video Arrange Method" to "Center (custom size)".

2) Set the size (right below the Center custom size option) to 648x480.

3) On the Video tab set "Size" to 720x480.

4) Set "Aspect Ratio" to 16x9.

Burn the resulting MPEG file as an anamorphic 16:9 DVD.

[hiimbored]

Ok, I tried it again and when it started encoding it doesn't look like the AR has changed at all; it is still really scrunched. I kind of figured out a way to do it, I think it's the closest I'll get. I set the Video Arrange Method to No Margin (Keep Aspect Ratio) and set the source AR to 16:9 NTSC and it turned out pretty good. The video was pretty screwed up in the first place so I'm suprised I got it to look this decent. Thanks for your help!

[jagabo]

Don't judge by TMPGEnc's display. It does not scale the video for the DAR.