converting 704x480 to 720x480?

[digitalfreaknyc]

Hey all,

I'm making a compilation DVD and most of the videos on it are 720x480. all the material is 4x3 full screen. However, a few of the videos are 704x480 and i'd like it all to be uniform so that I dont have to create differnet titles for the few that are 704. any suggestions? i'm using TMPGenc DVD Author.

[ofbarea]

You will have to re-encode.

Use TMPGEnc 3.0 Xpress. Or use VirtualDub MPEG2 (or mod), resize with lacsos3 and frame serve it to TMPGEnc plus 2.5.

[digitalfreaknyc]

Looks like i'll try xpress.

is this going to screw with the quality of the original file? is it difficult to do with xpress?

[mats.hogberg]

is this going to screw with the quality of the original file?

Yes

is it difficult to do with xpress?

No (but since you asked q 1, maybe yes...)

/Mats

[guns1inger]

What's the issue with seperate titlesets ?

[spectroelectro]

Rather than resize, you could simply go into SETTINGS -> ADVANCED -> CROP and set the option for CENTERED (I believe). This will position your 704 x 480 video inside a full D1 720 x 480 screen with black bars on either side. Because of overscan, however, the black bars won't be visible on any normal TV.

[bugster]

You could always use DVD patcher to patch the file headers to 720x480 so that TDA will accept them.

[mats.hogberg]

Rather than resize, you could simply go into SETTINGS -> ADVANCED -> CROP and set the option for CENTERED (I believe). This will position your 704 x 480 video inside a full D1 720 x 480 screen with black bars on either side. Because of overscan, however, the black bars won't be visible on any normal TV.

This will however still require reencoding. I think bugsters brilliant idea should be tried first. Fast, and no quality loss.

/Mats

[digitalfreaknyc]

Thanks for your help guys!

I'll definitely try the patcher tonight