Hi

I'm using MeGUI to encode my DVDs into x264 and I am completely fine with that side of things, but I get confused when it comes to things like DAR, video resoultion etc... So I was wondering if someone could tell me if I'm doing something wrong and if I am, tell me the correct way of doing this stuff.

Basically in simple terms, I want to rip DVDs onto my computer, encode them anamorphic and cut out the borders, thats it.

I'll use the DVD Spiderman 2 as my example. It's 720x576 and has DAR of 2.40:1

Heres what I do

1) I rip the DVD onto my computer using DVD Decrypter
2) I put it into MeGUI and run File Indexer, afters Avisynth pops up
3) I tick clever anamorphic encoding (resize mod16)
4) I tick crop and then click Auto Crop
5) My resolution changes to 720x432
6) I check my script and it says

global MeGUI_darx = 208
global MeGUI_dary = 85

I divide 208 / 85 and get 2.44705882352941

It's not quite 2.40 so I go back and mess with the cropping a bit to make it more accurate, eventually I get

global MeGUI_darx = 221
global MeGUI_dary = 92

I divide 221 / 92 and get 2.402173913043478

Thats about as close as I can get, so I settle for that.

7) I save my avs script and then encode the video.

The end result is, a good quality video at 720x432 with a DAR of 2.40:1 which is fine.

However, on media player classic next to 720x432 it says AR 1037x432 and I know the 1037 is the anamorphic resizing the width of the video..

For example, 432 * 2.40 = 1036.8 (rounded up = 1037)

Anyway, what I was wondering is, does all of this sound right? Is this the way its suppose to be done?

I know the frame sizes of the actual video 720 and 432 must be dividable by 16 which they are, but does the 1037 have to be dividable by 16 as well? Because obviously its not, its not even an even number. Anyway, I was just worried that I was doing something wrong.

Can someone tell me if all of this is the correct way to encode anamorphic?

Thanks

Oh and sorry about spelling mistake and stuff, its 3:30am