tmpgenc aspect ratio

[madymo3d]

I have searched the the forums for an answer but couldn't find exactly what I am looking for.

Someone please tell me which combination of source and output aspect ratio I should use if I just want to create a VCD exactly as the DVD was created. I'm not trying to crop, resize, add black borders, etc.

Here's a more detailed description of what I've done:

I am trying to encode a widescreen movie into VCD and watch it on the TV. It came out stretched vertically, so basically people looked taller. The tmpgenc source setting was NTSC 4:3 and I tried 2 setting for output: fullscreen and fullscreen keep aspect ratio. You might wonder why I used 4:3 source setting for a widescreen movie. It's because I read somewhere on this forum that if the source is meant to be played on a 4:3 (ie, most commercial DVDs), then that's the setting to use regardless of what aspect ratio the movie is presented. Maybe this is my problem?

I then did several tests by encoding using both NTSC 4:3 and 16:9 as the source ratio, and for output, I used centered, centered (keep aspect ratio), full screen, fs (keep AR), fs (keep AR2). I was trying to predict which combinations would look okay which would look weird, and I ended up thoroughly confused . Selecting the 4:3 and 16:9 didn't seem to matter.


Andy

[Ejoc]

16:9 525 lines
Fullscreen keep aspect ratio

[dbecker]

you should keep the source at 16:9 not 4:3 because it will stretch. Now your problem might be your dvd player because some will recognize widescreen and if you have 4:3 pan and scan it will stretch the picture to utilize your tv screen. Now to cure it, set your dvd player correctly or encode at 16:9 and set tmpgenc to full screen no margins. This will fit your tv better but it will crop each side of the picture. more info at htt://entiendo.gotnet.net