Okay, I've been messing around with TMPGEnc for several days now. One thing that I've come to notice which is very important to the skewing the output is that you need to have the appropriate Video Source Settings. If you don't, then no matter what you select for output, it may not come out as you expect, because TMPGEnc made adjustments based on incorrect source settings.

Now, my question is how do I determine the appropriate video source settings. For instance, let's say I'm converting DivX AVI's to whatever (I'm not worried about the output for this example). If I look at the AVI's dimensions in it's properties screen, I can divide them and come up with the source aspect ratio.. is this right? What if the source aspect comes to something that's not in TMPGEnc's drop-down... like 2.35:1? This is only one of the source settings.. how do I know if the source is interlaced or not? How do I know the "Video Arrange Method" of the source? How do I know the field order of the source?

Is there a simple program that can determine what these source settings are?

I've found that when I happen to get the source settings correct, then I get the correct output with no distortion in picture at all. The key is the source settings, because TMPGEnc seems to convert correctly when you give it accurate source information.

Thanks,
Chris