Making simple DVD from 16x9 avis

[clawg]

I have a set of avis that I captured from Panasonic pv-gs39 using WinDV. I am having the hardest time finding program that will both recognize the fact that the video should be 16x9 AND will deinterlace the video when it makes a dvd. I should add that I'm playing these dvds back on a regular TV so I want to see the black bars just like in a commercial wide-screen dvd.

I've tried several packages, older versions of Moviestar and Ulead. Neither of those made 16x9 video. DVD flick made the right aspect ratio but the video isn't deinterlaced. DIKO didn't work at all. Any ideas? I should add that Dr. DivX made the right aspect ratio and the video looks pretty decent, but I'd like to make a dvd quality backup of the original dv tape.

Charles

[guns1inger]

First and foremost, you do not want to deinterlace the video. This will only reduce the quality. DV is interlaced, and DVDs made from DV video should be interlaced.

Personally, I prefer FAVC to DVD Flick, but I have both installed as both are handy.

[clawg]

I should also add that the original videos don't automatically play in 16x9 in some media player like Media Player Classic.

[guns1inger]

Not all players recognise the flags correctly in all file types. WMP does see the flag correctly in many mpeg files or DV avi files, for example. Many older editors and converters don't recognise simply because it wasn't an issue when they were written - everything was 4:3. And many cheap and nasty encoder/converters are written by lazy programmers who simply don't care what the aspect ratio is.

I would give FAVC a try.

[chrishallowell]

I can't seem to get FAVC to encode using the HC interlaced option. All of the output is progressive (confirmed using GSpot).
Any ideas?

Thanks,
Chris