please advise - aspect ratio and the like - the last word !

[markmarkymark]

Right ... I'm still confused ,,,,

Lets say I have downloaded a DVIX movie ...

Right ... Can i find out ..

a) The aspect ratio of the movie ....
b) Do I NEED to know the aspect ratio of the movie ...

Given that .......

I have a PAL TV .... 21 inch ........ 4:3 ratio screen ....

I will be getting in a view months a wide screen TV .. 16:9 ratio ....

Ok, so my though are that I should be endoding for 19:9 now ...

Now, what I want to produce are VCD movies of the Divx movies to play on my DVD player with my 4:3 TV now - BUT ready for my 19:9 TV in the future ..

i have heard that people who have wide screen (19:9) Tv's who play 4:3 movies get pissed off !! - so my thoughts are that I want to produce the VCD wich is "wide screen ready now" ...

I'm using TMPGEnc ... and I love it ...

please can you explain to me what aspect ratio I should use ... (e.g. 1:1 VGA, 19:9, 4:3) and screen (e.g. full screen aspect ratio / Full screen aspect ratio 2) ........

I'm really not sure how to choose given the type of movie I have in DIvx form ....

Any help would REALLY be appreciated !! :

cheers

Mark

[markmarkymark]

hmmm . the beers are getting to me ...

the 19:9 ... should be 16:9 !!

mark

[Baldrick]

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[Craig Tucker]

Unless you want distortions in your movie you should maintain the aspect ratio of the source divx. So for the aspect ratio for the source, choose 1:1 VGA. For the video arrange method choose full screen (keep aspect ratio). These options can be found under the settings, advanced tab.

[markmarkymark]

Craig ..

Thanks for your advice - in that case - is there ever really a use for using the settings such as 4:3 or 16:9 under the advance tab - as surely this will always have an adverse effect on the source ???

... to be honest the only reason I was thinking about other aspects was that my divx movie is wide screen and has big borders top and bottom - however my gut reaction is that these is no way of keeping more of the movie on the TV screen as it simply will not fit with out a) tuncating the sides , or b) with out distortion inthe vertical direction....

So what I think you are saying is always use 1:1 .....?

cheers

Mark

[banjazzer]

Source aspect ratio is always 1:1(VGA) for DivX. The other settings are for the occasions you encode direct from DVD. Or when you are trying to correct a bad aspect ratio in the original!

[markmarkymark]

hey thanks for that last comment ....

That small piece of 'simple' advice has cleared a lot of things up ..

Of course I'm not really thinking (as I should) about the difference between a DIVx movie from the web Vs a DVD rip from a DVD disk ...

Thanks !!

What has also confused me is that I have two different Divx movies - one which has large borders (very wide screen), the other which almost plays full screen ...

From what you are saying, for divx type files, you are stuck with what ever aspect ratio the Divx has been encoded in ... and therefore the only way to not get destortion is to ensure the 1:1 aspect ratio is set ... Have I got this right ?

Cheers

Mark

[banjazzer]

The aspect ratio of the DivX will depend on the source for the DivX. Done correctly the aspect ratio will be correct, and 1:1(VGA) will preserve it. The size of the borders (at least top and bottom) will very much depend on the source. However, some people crop off the black borders on the DVD so as to allocate maximum bitrate to the actual picture. Others don't, and I think most all-in-one conversion methods don't, either. Even in these case, widescreen material will still frequently have generous borders top and bottom.