HCEnc DVD compliancy

[Mark22]

I try to convert HD movie to DVD standard and play on my old SD DVD player.

HCEnc:

use pulldown for DVD compliancy
resolution not DVD-compliant for frame rate 23.976fps

AviSynth script:

Video = DirectShowSource("D:\Deepwater Horizon 2016\Deepwater Horizon 2016 1080p BluRay x264 DTS.mkv")
Video = Video.ConvertToYV12()
Video = Video.AddBorders(0,84,0,84)
Video = Video.Spline16Resize(720,576)
return Video

Video codec:

Video
ID                          : 1
Format                      : AVC
Format/Info                 : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile              : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC      : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames   : 5 frames
Codec ID                    : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration                    : 1h 47mn
Bit rate                    : 2 850 Kbps
Width                       : 1 920 pixels
Height                      : 800 pixels
Display aspect ratio        : 2.40:1
Frame rate mode             : Constant
Frame rate                  : 23.976 fps
Color space                 : YUV
Chroma subsampling          : 4:2:0
Bit depth                   : 8 bits
Scan type                   : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)          : 0.077
Stream size                 : 2.08 GiB (77%)

[sneaker]

Are you trying to create a PAL or an NTSC DVD? 720x576 is PAL but 23.976->29.97 is NTSC.

If you want PAL use AssumeFPS() to speed up to 25 fps. Use TimeStretch() for audio if you want to avoid higher pitch. If you want NTSC resize to 720x480 and let HCEnc do the pulldown.
In both cases you might want to add bigger borders because 800 + 84 + 84 is only 968, not 1080.

[Mark22]

AssumeFPS(25) are solve the problem.

[sneaker]

Click "make DVD compliant" and set an output file. Any error message? What HCenc version? What AviSynth version?

[dannyboy48888]

I also done 25fps but resized to 720x480 then used dgpulldown to make it 29.97fps. on a progressive player it plays fine as they usually ignore the RFF flag.the same app also will do 23.976 to 25fps pulldown so no speedup or slowdown of audio will be needed. To calculate the resize with borders fitcd is my go-to app