zoom problems in TMPGEnc

[stb]

when i try and convert a movie to svcd,i always set the aspect ratio to 16:9, but when it has been converted it always comes out long and stretched, not in widescreen mode.
what can i do to make sure it always come as widescreen and not upwardsly stretched out?

EDIT: i play back the movie in windows media player after i have converted it into svcd in tmpge-nc, thats where the movie is abnormally long in height and the image stretched in height

EDIT: i have have no problems with making VCD's but its only the SVCD's that are a pain in the leg.

[bugster]

when i try and convert a movie to vcd or svcd,i always set the aspect ratio to 16:9, but when it has been converted it always comes out long and stretched, not in widescreen mode.
what can i do to make sure it always come as widescreen and not upwardsly stretched out?

VCD and SVCD do not support 16:9. In order to achieve this, encode at 4:3 and set video arrange method as full screen (keep aspect ratio) on the advanced tab of the settings dialog.

[stb]

has any1 used uleasd dvd workshop?
im decieding if to get it.

[DEmberton]

EDIT: i play back the movie in windows media player after i have converted it into svcd in tmpge-nc, thats where the movie is abnormally long in height and the image stretched in height

What codec do you have for playing back SVCD in media player? I have the elecard one installed, and media player gets the aspect ratio entirely wrong (it really plays it back 480x480). Do you have a better software DVD player to try it in?

Having said that, I suspect Bugster is right about your problem.

Dave

[Matt D]

Media player doesn't seem to recognize aspect ratios. I encode at 352x480 for CVD and media player always shows it wrong. With PowerDVD the aspect ratio looks fine and on a DVD player it displays correclty.