16:9 VCD being squished on TV

[Angreal]

I ripped a 16:9 DVD, and encoded it with TMPGenc Plus as Source 16:9 525 line NTSC, and Output 16:9 525 line NTSC. The resolution I used is 352x240 (same as I always use). But it looks to have rendered correctly, but stretched to fit on the TV screen instead of having larger black bars at the top and bottom. I wanted it letterboxed like the original DVD played instead of the actors seeming thinner and taller. Its not as bad as it couldve been, but How do I make it show up as widescreen on the tv with normal letterboxing, change the res?

(VCD2.0)

[poopyhead]

Output 16:9 525 line NTSC.

output is dependent on what type of TV you're gonna watch the VCD on...the source aspect ratio is irrelavent. no matter if your source DVD is 4:3 or 16:9, if you wanna watch your VCD on a regular TV, then your output ratio needs to be 4:3. you will only choose to output 16:9 if you're gonna watch it on a widescreen HDTV or Plasma.

[FulciLives]

Output 16:9 525 line NTSC.

output is dependent on what type of TV you're gonna watch the VCD on...the source aspect ratio is irrelavent. no matter if your source DVD is 4:3 or 16:9, if you wanna watch your VCD on a regular TV, then your output ratio needs to be 4:3. you will only choose to output 16:9 if you're gonna watch it on a widescreen HDTV or Plasma.

A standalone DVD player can "correct" a 16x9 DVD so it looks proper on a 4:3 TV but a stand alone DVD player cannot do the same process to a VCD or SVCD disc. So you are seeing the source "uncorrected" on your 4:3 TV but it WOULD look normal on a true 16x9 screen TV (or even a 4:3 TV that has a 16x9 "compression" mode but not too many have that).

If you had picked 4:3 as your designation while doing the encoding you would have wound up with a normal 4:3 widescreen VCD that would not have been "anamorphic enhanced". It would then have appeared normal on your 4:3 TV.

Please note that most software media players (on your computer) can resize your VCD for proper playback but then you are stuck playing it on the computer or a 16x9 TV if using a stand alone DVD player.

So again if you have a 16x9 source you want to select 16x9 for the source material but you want to use 4:3 for the designation. If you are using TMPGEnc then use FULL SCREEN (KEEP ASPECT RATIO) and that will work.

- John "FulciLives" Coleman