Keeping Aspect ratio with Avisynth in DVD2SVCD

[royfra]

I'm using the new version of DVD2SVCD (1.0.6 build 1). This version include a AVI2SVCD option ..WOW This option works great to convert Divx to svcd. AVI2SVCD alow you to edit the Avisynth script file during the conversion.

I want to conserve the aspect ratio of a 16:9 (576x256) divx movie. (I don't want egg head). Does someone can explain me how edit the avisynth script file to do this. Thanks !

[Truman]

#PAL SVCD
AviSource("D:\path\test.avi")
BicubicResize(448,318,0,0.5,0,0,576,256)
AddBorders(16,129,16,129)
ResampleAudio(44100)# CCE 2.5 'crashfix' for Athlons

#NTSC SVCD
AviSource("D:\path\test.avi")
BicubicResize(448,266,0,0.5,0,0,576,256)
AddBorders(16,107,16,107)
ResampleAudio(44100) # CCE 2.5 'crashfix' for Athlons

[dizidave]

Sorry if this is obvious...

do these settings (PAL ones) make the output from CCE the same as the output from TMPGEnc when using "No Margin" ?

This is the result i would like to get.

Thanks for any info.

[Truman]

dizidave, since I hate to crop more than necessary off the original I even add vertical borders to the TV overscan area.
TMPG's "no margin" method crops a lot of the movie left and right to make a 4:3 version from a widescreen source. It destroys the directors view to the movie and I never would do it.
But if you like it....
#NTSC SVCD
AviSource("D:\path\test.avi")
BilinearResize(448,446,59,0,458,256)
AddBorders(16,17,16,17)
ResampleAudio(44100) # CCE 2.5 'crashfix' for Athlons

#PAL SVCD
AviSource("D:\path\test.avi")
BilinearResize(448,542,62,0,452,256)
AddBorders(16,17,16,17)
ResampleAudio(44100) # CCE 2.5 'crashfix' for Athlons

calculate resizing with FitCD.

[dizidave]

I wouldnt go so far as to say 'I like it', more of a cmpromise on a no-win situation....

When i watch DVD's i usually watch em at 2x zoom so i get a bigger picture.....

The no margin setting seems to produce something very similar to 2x zoom with the dvd.

I would much prefer to have a widescreen TV but i cant see that happening anywhere in the near future.

thanks for the info, ill check it out tonight.

[royfra]

Thanks Truman, I'll try this !

[royfra]

Can I save these settings in a .ini file or something, or I need to wait until all the audio transcoding have finished ?

I have an Athlon cpu and I never use the "crashfix" . What it does ?

[Truman]

I am not very familar with dvd2svcd, but I do not think, that you can save it to the .ini. This would not be usefull, because every conversion is different and that script is for a Avisource 576x256 only.
BTW, BilinearResize might be better than Bicubic.
Well, for most of my encodes I need this "crashfix" line, otherwise I could not load the .avs into cce. If you don't need it, just delete the line.