Using DVD Flick. How to set all the videos to 16:9 at once?

[csh]

I use DVD Flick to create DVD videos.

The camcorder record the videos in 16:9 and use MPEG-2 format. When I try to play the video files on my computer, the player reported that all the files are 4:3 videos.

In DVD flick, firstly I add one of the video file as a title, then I click on "Edit title" -> "Video sources", then add many other video files.

I want to set all the videos to 16:9. In DVD Flick, I have to set the videos to 16:9 one-by-one and this waste a lot of my time. So, is there any ways to set all the videos in a title to 16:9 at once?

[MysticE]

I want to set all the videos to 16:9. In DVD Flick, I have to set the videos to 16:9 one-by-one and this waste a lot of my time.

I guess you get what you pay for. A program like ConvertXtoDVD (among others) will allow you to globally set the the output.

[T-Fish]

if the files in question are 16:9, they will be auto-set to 16:9.
if they're 4:3 (with black boarders, then yes, you have to manually edit them.
id still take dvdflick over the POS that is cx2dvd.

[MysticE]

if the files in question are 16:9, they will be auto-set to 16:9.
if they're 4:3 (with black boarders, then yes, you have to manually edit them.
id still take dvdflick over the POS that is cx2dvd.

If in fact they are 4:3, with black borders (letterboxed) setting the rather rudimentary DVD Flick to 16:9 will only add more borders (left and right) leaving the OP with a windowboxed final result. The more sophisticated ConvertXtoDVD (among others) can do a proper 16:9 conversion and if all the clips are identical it only has to be set once.

[T-Fish]

flick is a simple, but powerful tool for a rudimentary job alright. if you want
anything better, you certainly dont pay for cx2dvd which isnt any
better at all, using the same ffmpeg libraries as flick, except flick isnt
violating their license:
http://roundup.ffmpeg.org/roundup/ffmpeg/issue272

you want a better free tool, use e.g. FAVC (HCEnc)

[sambat]

The camcorder record the videos in 16:9 ..... When I try to play the video files on my computer, the player reported that all the files are 4:3 videos.

Why do 16:9 videos get reported as 4:3 to begin with?

[MysticE]

The camcorder record the videos in 16:9 ..... When I try to play the video files on my computer, the player reported that all the files are 4:3 videos.

Why do 16:9 videos get reported as 4:3 to begin with?

Maybe like this?



The bars in 4:3 letterboxed vids are actually part of the image, they are not added by the player. Most of the music video DVDs that 'Promo Only' (a DJ supplier) distributes are like this. They can be easily converted to true 16:9 with the video resizing options (pad/crop) available in ConvertXtoDVD. Also note neither DVD Flick nor FAVC are suitable for this task.

[CCCMikey]

I had the same issue with a HDD camcorder that created 16*9 video files that the computer recognised as 4*3 instead. The easiest free solution I found was to write a script using AutoHotKey that mapped Alt + N to convert to 16 * 9. !n::send {tab}31{shift}{tab}{down} Click the first video, press Alt+N, then press down and Alt + N repeatedly.

[ricardouk]

You can do that with FAVC or Avs2dvd that despit being free offers menu (static or motion menus), no conversion of audio/video if dvd compliant and loads more to explore, dont need to pay for convertxtodvd

You can try D2mp as well