TMPG-encoded DivX> MPEGs (VCD) all full-screened - why???

[oc714native]

I have recently installed DivX 5, and ONLY the audio codecs of Nimo 4.4, and now when I do a DivX-> VCD (MPEG1) conversion, the MPEG1 is full-screened and it will not keep the same aspect ratio as before (i.e. letterbox)

I have uninstalled the Nimo codecs and tried downgrading to DivX 3.11, and it is still full-screening everything on the output MPEG1. I have made 5-6 VCDs from DivXs on this same machine with the same software recently and it kept the aspect ratio and did not full-screen everything (in other words, if the DivX played back in letterbox style, then the MPEG1-VCD would also playback in letterbox style)

This started happening after adding DivX 5 and the Nimo audio codecs. I've uninstalled both the audio codecs and DivX 5 and went back to just DivX 3.11, and it is still doing it! I am using the latest versions of Virtual Dub and TMPGe. Really going nuts here!

[KingJohn]

Hit the "Settings" button in TMPGEnc then the advanced tab...

Look at video arrange method, and also anything checked in the list...

[oc714native]

i have checked those settings, and no matter what i select (center, 1:1 VGA, etc) all of the mpegs come out to full screen - always, no matter what :cry:

[oc714native]

can somebody please help me out?

[KingJohn]

If your using DivX 5, have you gone into its settings and changed something? On the General perimeters have you checked any of those boxes?

[oc714native]

nothing is checked on my DivX 5.0 settings - just the defaults from when I first installed...like i said before, i uninstalled 5 and went back to 3.11 to see if it would work, and it is the same - everything full-screened.

[KingJohn]

Go to your control panel >multimedia > devices

What you got installed in there ?

[oc714native]

i have figured out the problem and the solution was setting the video arrange method (under advanced) to "fullscreen (keep aspect ratio)" with 1:1 VGA for the aspect ratio. i searched around the forum last night and found this info. i could have sworn that i tried this at one point and it didn't work, but i tried it again and all of the avi-mpeg conversions i've tried are coming out the right way now. 8) thanx

[KingJohn]

my original reply then?

[oc714native]

my original reply then?

well, yes thanks! :P