Any way to convert to anamorphic?

[Davel23]

I have a DVD movie in Video_TS form, that is, I have that folder with the .BUP .IFO and .VOB files in it, ready to be burned. The only problem is, I've used PowerDVD to preview the movie and it seems to be anamorphic but the player doesn't recognize it as such, the image is stretched vertically. Is there any program that will modify the existing files and set the "anamorphic bit" (if there is such a thing) without me having to completely recode and reauthor the disc?

[FOO]

Restream can change the Display Aspect ratio of Elementary
MPEG2 streams without re-encoding.
You will have to demux the video and remux it afterward.

Ifodit can do that.

[ljCharlie]

I have a similar problem. I want to convert my anamorphic, 2.35.1, DVD to an apect ratio of 1.78.1 and I don't want to re-encode it again. What do you mean by demux and remux the video? I'm quite new to this conversion thing.

Many thanks in advance.

ljCharlie

[FulciLives]

I have a DVD movie in Video_TS form, that is, I have that folder with the .BUP .IFO and .VOB files in it, ready to be burned. The only problem is, I've used PowerDVD to preview the movie and it seems to be anamorphic but the player doesn't recognize it as such, the image is stretched vertically. Is there any program that will modify the existing files and set the "anamorphic bit" (if there is such a thing) without me having to completely recode and reauthor the disc?

Use IFOEdit

Open ALL of the .IFO files. Each file has something like 3 different areas that mention the aspect ratio. You have to change them all to 16x9 since it sounds like they are set to 4:3 currently.

BTW you can change the menu to 16x9 or leave it 4:3 and the same thing with the movie. It's not uncommon to have a 16x9 movie but a 4:3 menu.

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

[vhelp]

@ ljCharlie,

I'm curious. Any particular reason why you wanna change your 2:35.1 AR
to a 1.78 AR ???

I think, that if you do that, you'll end up w/ a Tall stretched video. But, there
must be a good reason why you wanna go this route - I'm curious :P


@ Davel23,

Because your source is DVD based, and if you are talking about an already
widescreen source, then surely it must be Anamorphic already ???
And, if so, then perhaps all that is really needed is the right sw app to do
author/burn to DVD disk (one that does not alter your original 16:9 flag)
.
.
This above is just a guess :P

-vhelp

[vhelp]

@ Davel23, (again) ...

if you want to be sure if it's Anamorphic, just D/L dvd2avi v1.85 and
run your vob file(s) through it.

Then, select:

* Video/Clip Resize
* Video aspect [TV 4/3] and alternate between Cinema 1:85 and Cinema 2:35

You want to see which one has the least boarders. And, the winner is the
one w/ the correct AR being w/out boarder (or close enough)
.
.
Here's a few examples:

Example #1:
Using the DVD "The Fifth Element" perform the above again. (assuming you
ahave this great movie) when you get to Cinema 2:35, you should barely
see any boarders. To should be 2 pixels and bottom 3 or 4 pixels. That's
considered 2:35 for that movie. It's ok to have a slight boarder or too by a
few pixels, in order to keep the AR just right.

Example #2:
Load up Duce Bigalo (assuming you have this dvd) and this time, select
(using the above steps again first) Cinema 1:85. What you should see is a
few pixles (about 8 pixels on top and also bottom) This is a 1:85 AR disk,
and it is also Anamorphic.. because when you select the Reset button, located
at the bottom left of the dialog box, the whole video stretches, keeping the
8 pixles top and bottom w/in the same count.

Also, when you click on the Reset button, you should see the video stretch
the people, top to bottom, making them looks taller. That's the squeez.

-vhelp

[FernE97]

I was wondering if there is a way to convert a vob file to anamorphic? I have some music videos that are 4:3 but they are letterboxed and I was wondering if there was anyway I could convert them to anamorhpic.

[FulciLives]

I was wondering if there is a way to convert a vob file to anamorphic? I have some music videos that are 4:3 but they are letterboxed and I was wondering if there was anyway I could convert them to anamorhpic.

If the video in question is widescreen but in a 4:3 window then the only way to make it anamorphic would be to re-encode.

With NTSC (720x480) you chop 60 pixels off the top and bottom and resize that (720x360) to 720x480 and you have a 16x9 anamorphic widescreen video.

With PAL (720x576) you chop 72 pixels off the top and bottom and resize that (720x432) to 720x576 and you have a 16x9 anamorphic widescreen video.

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

[FernE97]

What program could I do that through?

[FulciLives]

What program could I do that through?

As far as cutting off the top and bottom and doing a resize ...

This can be done with VirtualDub ... then frame serve to your encoder of choice.

This can be done with AviSynth which allows you to use your encoder of choice. Better than using VirtualDub. This is how I would do it.

This can also be done within TMPGEnc Plus with the CLIP FRAME option. Be sure to use FULL FRAME as your video arrange method so it gets resized properly.

- John "FulciLives" Coleman