Problems making SVCD from Clip

[ColdFlare]

Hi I have some .mov clips that I would like to put on SVCD. I'm a newbie and I followed this guide:

https://www.videohelp.com/tmpgencsvcd.htm

I followed the guide's every step and instruction but I am unhappy with the end result. I use quicktime to get movie info from the clips and they come up with this.

Format: Mpeg-4 Audio, stereo, 44.1 khz, 16 bits
3ivx d4 4.5 1026 x 416 millions
Movie FPS: 25

I am using TMPGENC to encode the .mov files onto mpeg 2 svcd format. I use the wizard to create the proper disc size and set the VBR automatically. I use Full Screen (keep aspect ratio).

After it is done encoding I use Nero to burn the mpg files onto svcd format. When I watch the SVCDs, the picture is distorted. I can watch the movie fine but the whole picture seems stretched from bottom to top.
I then proceeded to try 16:9 and I get small black bars on top and bottom. (This is Fine). The picture is better more realistic, however the sides still seem a little cut off. I want to make the clips show the entire picture. If this means shrinking the picture so be it. It wont matter if there are bigger black bars on top and bottom as long as I preserve the entire-ness of the clips.

Can someone offer me some advice or point me in the right direction? Your help is greatly appreciated.

[sacajaweeda]

What is the frame size of your source?

[teegee420]

Without knowing the info that sacajaweeda is asking you may want to re-encode using "full screen(keep aspect ration)" as the video arrange method. You can find this option in the settings dialog on the advanced tab.

[ColdFlare]

What is the frame size of your source?

I do not know how to find what the frame size is. But in the quicktime player it says normal size is 1026x416 pixels and current size is 1026x416 pixels. This is when i double click the clip and the quicktime sizes the windows up for me. If there is another way of finding out the frame size please let me know and I'll make my best effort to get you the information needed. Thank you for the reply sacajaweeda.

Without knowing the info that sacajaweeda is asking you may want to re-encode using "full screen(keep aspect ration)" as the video arrange method. You can find this option in the settings dialog on the advanced tab.

Thank you for your help teegee420, but I've tried using full screen keep aspect ratio with 16:9 and 4:3 and the 16:9 comes the closest. However even using 16:9 I get small black bars, this doesnt bother me, however i feel that little bit of each side of the clips are cut off. If you have anymore advice to offer it will be greatly appreciated.

[teegee420]

Did you try 1:1 source aspect ratio along with full screen(keep aspect ratio)? That usually works for me.

[ColdFlare]

Did you try 1:1 source aspect ratio along with full screen(keep aspect ratio)? That usually works for me.

Will try right now, reporting back in a few minutes.

[ColdFlare]

I used 1:1 full screen keep aspect ratio for source in tmpgenc, and the black bars are now bigger and its an improvement. However still a little bit of the sides are still cut off. If there is anyting else you could recommend it would be of great help. Thanks teegee420

[ColdFlare]

Bump! for any additional help.


What I'm aiming for is 4:3 Letterbox display on my tv with the entire-ness of the picture without anything getting cut off.

[sacajaweeda]

You're going to lose some to overscan unless you resize and add borders. Problem with that is it wont be the same on every TV you play it on, as the amount lost to overscan varies from set to set.

[ColdFlare]

You're going to lose some to overscan unless you resize and add borders. Problem with that is it wont be the same on every TV you play it on, as the amount lost to overscan varies from set to set.

So there isnt any sure fire way to of fixing my problem? how do the professional dvd releasers do their videos that work on all sets?

[sacajaweeda]

Same thing. A full D1 resolution frame size is going to show you everything on your PC but parts will be covered on TV sets, some more than others. The frame size is the same, what varies is what TV sets do with it.

[ColdFlare]

You're going to lose some to overscan unless you resize and add borders. Problem with that is it wont be the same on every TV you play it on, as the amount lost to overscan varies from set to set.

Are there any guides to resizing and adding borders? Thanks for everything sacajaweeda.

[sacajaweeda]

If you use VirtualDub you can use the resize filter that comes with it and use it to do all your resizing and adding borders to your videos, then use the built-in frameserver to feed your processed file to your encoder.

http://www.doom9.org/index.html?/virtualdub_procedures.htm