Xvid to svcd + burn...

[Crapozo]

Hello,

I am having trouble finding a free program to convert my xvid to svcd
I have tried avi2dvd but it keeps giving me an error...
Does anyone know of any other free programs out there which can do this?

Also, how do i burn a svcd? do i just use the standard settings? joliet etc..

[Baldrick]

thefilmmachine, diko,dvd2svcd.

[mats.hogberg]

The output of any SVCD authoring app should be an ISO or BIN/CUE, that you just burn. No file system settings to worry about.
Back in those days, I used TMPGEnc to encode whatever to SVCD mpg, using the SVCD template, then authored and burned with VCDEasy.

/Mats

[Crapozo]

ok thankyou i will try those

[Crapozo]

ok i just tried thefilm machine but when i preview the image is squashed sideways. When i put this on the dvd player and play it on tv would it go back to normal?

Also, the avi video i have is taken from a HD tv and so it has those black borders on both sides of the video, how can i fix this? can i?

[Baldrick]

It might look squashed because the svcd frame size/resolution is 480x480/576 but the Display Aspect Ratio is 4:3 so it will be resized when you use a real dvd player or software dvd/svcd player.

[Crapozo]

ok i just looked the avi is
608x336 (16/9)

And i just found out something...
When i preview with both 16:9 and 4:3 the video still is squashed but when i play in media player its normal.
I think it's because of the black borders it has? How can i get rid of them?

[Crapozo]

ok i got something here...
I did a search on these forums and found out
Some films are shot in ratios of 16:9 (which this video has) and some 4:3
So this is the question, the big movie tv's are 16:9 and the normal tv's are 4:3 am i correct?

So in thefilmmachine i put in to add borders, 4:3 ratio and not have it do the ntsc to pal and it works out alright! except there are borders on all 4 sides now.

So...
What is difference between ntsc and pal? what do normal tv's run on?
If i put this on a cd and run on my player would the border still be there? or would the video be big enough that the borders would not be seen on screen?