ARGH! AVI2DVD is screwing up aspect ratio!

[skipjack2001]

Okay.. I'm a noob, I'll admit it. I've only used AVI2DVD once or twice on a few 4:3 avi's and it worked swimmingly.

But now, I've got an AVI that is in 2.35:1 and I'm trying to get an anamorphic disc out of it.

I watch the AVI in media player and it shows up fine... the window is 16:9 with black bars on the top and bottom.. great! THat's how I want it on my TV! So, in AVI2DVD, I select 16:9 as the ratio assuming it will "anamorph" it. But, it's as if it ignores the black bars in the AVI and stretches just the 2.35:1 video vertically.

So, the end result on my tv is what looks like a 1.85:1 film... but the image is distorted.

I've searched high and low on how to tell AVI2DVD not to do this.. but I can't find anyone with the same problem.

Help me, Videohelp, you're my only hope.

[Krispy Kritter]

Try a different tool maybe, such as ConvertX2dvd.

[theewizard]

use gspot and check your source,

i bet you get back some numbers similar to 688*272

anyway the video has been cropped leaving only the video

the black bars you see when watching on the PC come from the player software 'padding' the video before displaying

you have to use something like convertX that will pad automatically and maintain the source AR inside the total video AR

your software is stretching the video to 480 hieght not adding the black bars ( padding )

an alternate more envolved method is to use more tools
fitCD to create a proper avs script with the padding numbers and cmd in it

then drop that script in CCE 'payware' or HNCec 'freeware' (encoders), you also need to download and install avisynth, once its installed dropping the script in your mpeg encoder automatically calls the avisynth frame sever and it feeds your avi to the encoder already creectly resized, so the encoder only has to encode NOT resize 16:9 and 4:3 DVD are the same resolution 720*480 , the difference is 'FLAGS' that tell the DVD player how to foramt (display) the video signal

infoedit can be used to open the vts_info file in the DVD folder ( on your HHD ) and change the setting from 4:3 to 16:9 letter box or EVEN pan & scan

this must be done before you burn the DVD, it must be done to file on the HDD in the video_ts folder before burning, try this with your current project, i might solve your problem

ths won't work on an ISO image, you must have the video_ts folder on your HDD, you can copy your current DVD files on to the HDD in a folder called DVD so you have them togehter, then modify the video_ts.info file

run infoedit open the info file change to 16:9 letter box, save file, click on fixvts button, click yes, then close infoedit, and burn the video_ts folder and all files on to a new disc

[MistaED]

Another great choice would ne TheFilmMachine. It has options to encode your video in a 4:3 aspect ratio, and in the Arrange Method box you can choose, "Add borders, keep aspect ratio" to give yourself a proper encode w/o distorted people in it.