Aspect ratio issue with TMPGEnc

[digidelia]

Everytime I try to encode a movie using TMPGEnc, and then play the .mpg file back using Windows Media Player, it has compressed the widescreen movie into a full-screen one. It doesn't chop off the edges, it just crams everything into 4:3.

I always select "Full Screen (keep aspect ratio)", but it is like the program ignores it.

Is there something I could be leaving out? I have encoded 3 or 4 movies in the past using this same technique and they turned out fine.

[gastorgrab]

DVD2AVI throws away the info for aspect ratio. (I noticed your other post)

You have to let TMPGEnc know how it should view the source material.

[digidelia]

setting it to 16:9 NTSC must've been what I forgot, thanks for the quick help!

[gastorgrab]

16:9 isn't an automatic answer, but if you look on the back of the DVD case it usually say what aspect ratio a movie is.

16:9, and 4:3 most common.