ffmpegX 0.0.9s bitrate and parameters

[mosx]

Is it just me ?? or is there something wrong.
Video bitrate is now 1265 default - when i add a dvd movie,
and video parameters are 640x352 ??? autosize 16;9

In the old version, bitrate was about 2300 !

[mosx]

I can now see my old avi files are 720 x 576
in the video parameter 4:3.

But if i select 4:3 i only get 640 x 480 ????

[major]

720x576 is TV non square-pixels size. It should be converted to 640x352 square pixels for viewing it in 16:9 ratio on your computer. Best bitrate for 640x352 is 1265. And if you crop it will be 640x272 with 2.35:1 aspect ratio.

[mosx]

"720x576 is TV non square-pixels size. "

what do you mean with non square-pixel size.

"It should be converted to 640x352 square pixels for viewing it in 16:9 ratio on your computer. Best bitrate for 640x352 is 1265. And if you crop it will be 640x272 with 2.35:1 aspect ratio."

Sorry - but best size for 16:9 pal tv is 720x400 !!!
The bitrate, most be about 2300 - to get highend picture quality.

Please correct me ! if im wrong

[csdesigns]

720x576 is a proper PAL 4:3 size. So, it sounds like your source is a 4:3 PAL movie, and you want to crop it to a 16:9 ratio. Correct? The reason for 640x480, is because that is the proper NTSC 4:3 size (square pixels), and 720x480 would be the proper NTSC 4:3 non-square (rectangular) size. Now, for a DVD, even for PAL I believe, you would want to crop, and set your size settings to 720x480 with the DVD 16:9 option set. Even though you will be encoding to 720x480, which is not a 16:9 ratio, by setting the 16:9 option in ffmepgX, it will display at 720x404, and play back anamorphically on a DVD player. As far as bitrate, yeah, just manually set whatever bitrate you wish to use to maximize your space.

[mosx]

Okay - i get your point. But then i thing there is a bug in the s version. Because if i change pal to ntsc. The size is not changing in video size ???.

[major]

It is technically possible to encode NTSC size with PAL framerate. Choose DVD again in the autosize popup, and the size will change to match the framerate.