.avi to DVD + resize

[grandsire02]

I have a couple of .avi files that I want to convert to DVD's for viewing on my widescreen TV. The aspect ratio of the video at the moment (measured with a ruler on my PC monitor) is approximately 2.4:1, (588 x 244 pixels), and I want to convert this to 16:9. As I understand things, if the final picture is not to appear distorted, I either have to crop a bit off each side of the picture or have a black band at top and bottom. How do I achieve the former option, and can it be done with TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress/ TMPGEnc DVD Author 3 - both of which I have, and if so how? Any other thoughts or advice on this topic will also be appreciated.

[guns1inger]

My thoughts ?

Don't crop. Why cut off image when there is no reason to ?

FitCD will create a basic avisynth shell that has the correct resize in it, ready to process. You can use this as is, or as the start of a larger script.


If you want a simpler life, AVStoDVD, FAVC, DVD Flick or ConvertXtoDVD can all correctly resize your video and author a disc, ready for burning. The quality will be pretty low, given the very low resolution of the source video. It will look even worse when blown up for a larger widescreen TV.

If you must crop (mumble mumble sneer) then have a look at the resizing feature in ConvertXtoDVD, which will allow custom butchery, although you may have to manage keeping the aspect ratio manually)

[grandsire02]

Thanks for the advice which is most helpful. I shall be going down the AVStoDVD path, I think. Much appreciated.