Anyone knows how TMPGEnc converts anamorphic to 4:3?

[TheManuel]

My camcorder can record in 16:9 anamorphic.
If I use TMPGEnc to make a 4:3 VCD or SVCD, does TMPGEnc just drop one out every four vertical pixels to correct the aspect ratio?

Thanks.

[Barnabas]

Try selecting "center, keep aspect ratio" from the video arrange method.

[TheManuel]

Thanks for the answer.

However I would like to know how TMPGEnc handles the conversion.
I mean whether it discards pixels or combines the two pixels adjancent to the one discarded or something else.

Anyone has any ideas?

[MITSUI_1]

I think the resizer in TMPGenc is pretty good.

I do not think it is doing a simple "nearest neighbor" resize as you suggest, and am inclined especially in light of the speed hit that a major resize causes, to think it is a bilinnear or bicubic resampling variant.

What the other poster suggested is a workable solution, though.

It will create black bars at the top and bottom and allow your entire 16:9 image to display properly without looking squished.

[TheManuel]

"It will create black bars at the top and bottom and allow your entire 16:9 image to display properly without looking squished."

That's exactly the kind of output I would like to obtain to distribute home video to family without 16:9 display.
On the other side, I want to start shooting in 16:9 to preserve in that aspect ratio for the future.

Thank you both for the help.

[Barnabas]

Hi,

I should clarify my answer a bit so you know what the results are going to be with each setting..

"center, keep aspect ratio" should be used if you want to convert something to play back without the black bars at the top and bottom of the screen, such as when 16:9 movies are "done as a "Pan and Scan" to play back on the TV without black bars. You will lose some of the picture this way, but the remaining picture will fill the TV screen.

Use "Full screen, keep aspect ratio" to keep the 16:9 format with black bars.

[jugernaut]

I don´t know if you have access to a DVD Burner, but if you have i suggest you to encode using 16:9 as source and 16:9 as destination. Then burn it, you will get the best quality on 16:9 an 4:3 TVs.

[TheManuel]

Putting the video in DVD would be ideal but I will wait until DVD writers become more commonplace and hence, cheaper.

Just to clarify the situation I'm referring to, I will want to convert a 16:9 anamorphic (compressed horizontally) video to a 4:3 VCD with the black bars on top and bottom to correct the aspect ratio. It will be captured from my analog camcorder.

Regards

[smokingweed3000]

try the full screen option, i had the same problem in it solved it