I downloaded the divx version of LOTR and wish to convert it to vcd.
I have tried this before but must have got the ratio wrong, because
the borders were not even and the picture was blocky. The sound did
sync up to my amazement. I used TMPGEnc-2.53.35.130 and the panasonic
plug in. This time I thought I would try using the panasonic stand
alone, basically for sake of ease, but can't calculate the correct
ratios.

this is from vcd help.....

>( if you have a DivX-movie you often have to add black borders to ge correct ratio, to calculate the correct ratio: example with movie in 640 x 304
>for PAL-movies(25fps) 640 / 1.222 = 524 - 304 = 220 / 2 = 110 pixel both Top and Bottom
>for NTSC-movies(29,97fps) you divide with 1.466 instead of 1.222.


For my Divx version The input is 23.97 fps 480 x 200. They don't give
the divider for 23.97. I don't want to get it wrong again, since the
conversion takes such a long time. Can anyone help me with this?

Any help would be greatly appreciated
TIA
MikeMannz