Lordsmurf's guide discusses using MPEG2 DVD setting on the ATI capture cards w/ the Record Cropped Video. Once I did that I noticed that it actually put a black frame around the video. It did remove some of the unused lines at the bottom, but I think it removed more lines than it needs be. Also, does that decrease the bitrate required for equal quality since now you have black surface area on the video?

I thank you guys in advance.