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  1. I'm burning some 4:3 aspect ratio 720x480i MKVs to DVD-R's using tsmuxer (avchd folder) and imgburn. But when I play these discs back on my PS3, it only plays them in 16:9 mode, and I can only "fix" it by changing my TV aspect ratio from the direct 16:9 to "Normal" which crops off the overscan areas and squishes the PS3's 16x9 output into a 4:3 view. Setting the PS3 itself to 480p mode just makes my video appear letterboxed.

    MediaInfo for my MKV:
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    General
    Unique ID                                : 134352156565688109215746518457595755280 (0x651348BD8C822B4CDE99C8A212607B10)
    Complete name                            : D:\Plex\Home Movies\Texas99.mkv
    Format                                   : Matroska
    Format version                           : Version 4
    File size                                : 4.10 GiB
    Duration                                 : 2 h 4 min
    Overall bit rate                         : 4 694 kb/s
    Writing application                      : Lavf58.20.100
    Writing library                          : Lavf58.20.100
    ErrorDetectionType                       : Per level 1
    
    Video
    ID                                       : 1
    Format                                   : AVC
    Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
    Format profile                           : High@L3
    Format settings                          : CABAC / 4 Ref Frames
    Format settings, CABAC                   : Yes
    Format settings, RefFrames               : 4 frames
    Codec ID                                 : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
    Duration                                 : 2 h 4 min
    Bit rate                                 : 4 500 kb/s
    Width                                    : 720 pixels
    Height                                   : 480 pixels
    Display aspect ratio                     : 4:3
    Frame rate mode                          : Constant
    Frame rate                               : 29.970 (30000/1001) FPS
    Standard                                 : NTSC
    Color space                              : YUV
    Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
    Bit depth                                : 8 bits
    Scan type                                : MBAFF
    Scan type, store method                  : Interleaved fields
    Scan order                               : Top Field First
    Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.434
    Stream size                              : 3.85 GiB (94%)
    Writing library                          : x264 core 152 r2854 e9a5903
    Encoding settings                        : cabac=1 / ref=3 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=hex / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=6 / lookahead_threads=1 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=tff / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=0 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=4500 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / vbv_maxrate=7000 / vbv_bufsize=10000 / nal_hrd=none / filler=0 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
    Default                                  : Yes
    Forced                                   : No
    
    Audio
    ID                                       : 2
    Format                                   : AC-3
    Format/Info                              : Audio Coding 3
    Commercial name                          : Dolby Digital
    Codec ID                                 : A_AC3
    Duration                                 : 2 h 4 min
    Bit rate mode                            : Constant
    Bit rate                                 : 192 kb/s
    Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
    Channel layout                           : L R
    Sampling rate                            : 48.0 kHz
    Frame rate                               : 31.250 FPS (1536 SPF)
    Bit depth                                : 16 bits
    Compression mode                         : Lossy
    Stream size                              : 172 MiB (4%)
    Writing library                          : Lavc58.35.100 ac3
    Service kind                             : Complete Main
    Default                                  : Yes
    Forced                                   : No
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    Probably the 4:3 signaling within the file is not being used. 720/480 = 3:2, neither 4:3 nor 16:9.
    You could try playing a commercial dvd and see if you get the proper A/R and if so, re-encode your file
    likewise and create an mpeg-2 dvd

    EDIT see if anything here helps
    https://community.eu.playstation.com/t5/PS3-Support/PS3-Cropping-Display-Aspect-Ratio/td-p/18650104
    Last edited by davexnet; 21st Nov 2018 at 14:17.
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