How to stop convertxtodvd from zooming in

[guns1inger]

It does convert correctly - what you want isn't right. If you actually owned the original DVD you could confirm for yourself that the edges of the image are also in the overscan area. You are not missing anything that you would see on a legitimate copy.

[45tripp]

What's a good bitrate calculator?

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

And is convertxtodvd out of the question?

tried disabling fix discontinuities in audio settings?
you can see the last log file, under 'help'->'open log file'.
save and post, as requested
Maybe someone has a solution

overscan problem link
http://www.mastersofcinema.org/reviews/03lookingbeyond.htm

[andre477]

CCE will encode to the right size if you use the right bitrate. Use a bitrate calculator, enter the running time, and use the numbers it produces. Encode your audio separately using EncWav2AC3, then author the two together again.

For that particular film you are better off just ripping from your original DVD then use DVD Rebuilder with CCE to make it fit a single layer disc.

Where do I put the numbers in now? I can only see the option to change the bitrate by seconds in the options but I'm not sure if that's the right one.

[guns1inger]

What numbers ?
In where ?
If you are using CCE, what version ?
If it is a bitrate calculator, which one ?

[andre477]

I'm using cce SP2 v1.00.00.15. I also have the first version SP.

I'm using the bitrate calculator 45tripp posted above.

[45tripp]

Where do I put the numbers in now? I can only see the option to change the bitrate by seconds in the options but I'm not sure if that's the right one.

It's the right one.
but you're probably in 1 pass cbr mode.
Change to Multipass vbr mode.
Set passes to 2. V/C to 25 (or 0 even)
Set calculator bitrate in avg bitrate box. for min enter 300 for max 9200.
Change framerate, aspect ratio, as necessary. (eg. 23.976,16/9,3:2 pulldown)

That'll do for now.

[andre477]

Thanks that works but I have one more problem now. When I load the .mpv file into tsunami mpeg dvd author for dvd authoring. It gives me an error saying it can't accept a video file of 23.976 fps, only one of 29.97 fps. That is what the original movie fps is so I set that fps in cce before converting. Or should I try a different program after using cce for this?

[Pinstripes23]

use dgpulldown on the mpv to insert flags for 29.97fps playback.

[45tripp]

You could have had pulldown done in CCE,
in fact with dvd compliant ticked you have no choice. Dvd compliant is ticked by default isn't it?

I prefer to do pulldown afterwards, anyway.
(DVD lab has a pulldown function.)
Download DGpulldown. Use it to pulldown to 29.97

(beaten)

[andre477]

I was coming to this thread just as I seen convertxtodvd as a new latest tool on the front page. I upgraded to the newest version and this woks fine for me now. It doesn't crash anymore. The only bug(if it is one) that I noticed is that when you're converting, the convert bar will not move the entire time. And also the percentage completion will stay at 0.0% the whole time too.

So thank you for all your help people. I think I've finally understood what overscan is and how you can overcome it. Fit cd makes the video smaller or adds black bars to the side so your standalone dvd player can have room to zoom in. Is that right?

[TBoneit]

shrinking the video by adding black bars will avoid overscan, It will also lower the quality.

IOWs if there is a video set to 640 by 440 video with black bars added to make it DVD legal at 720 480 to avoid overscan, then you have reduced the resolution of the video displayed as a trade off of seeing the whole thing. The black bars also allow the video to be reduced in bitrate. BTW I pulled those numbers out the air just as an example not from real life as I don't do that.

I prefer to leave the video intact. If I really have to see the edges then I view it through the computer on the TV and set it to full screen. Doing that will make a widescreen DVD fill my TV sets screen if it is 16:9. Larger resolutions such as 2:35 to 1 will fill edge to edge and have black bars top & bottom. Bottom line is that anything shot for TV shows or intended to be sold on DVD after the theatrical run will not have anything important happening along the edges with few exceptions. Playing DVDs or AVIs or WMVs via the computer to my TV means I give up some creature comforts such as a nice remote control for playback. OTOH when I set them to full screen using PowerDVD or VLC they look pretty good on my HDTV input through the VGA connector.

I always burn videos to DVD even if I expect to view them on the computer. The only exception being if I will only watch it once. Hard drives die, DVDs should outlast the Hard drive.

Fifty years from now it won't matter anyway since you most likely won't be able to play your DVDs anyway. No players.