How do i make a VCD with widescreen?

[jarbacca]

i've just started making my own VCD's, but i have one problem, every time i make one, it always turns out fullscreen, even though the original file is in widescreen (which results in a distorted, warped picture)


please, how do i make the movie in widescreen with nero burning room (is there an option that i can't find) , thanks

[davemcg37]

you havent explained what prog your using to convert the avi file. is it tmpgenc?

[jarbacca]

yes its tmpgenc, but i use nero burning room to burn the VCD


but the file is already an mpeg, so i don't have to convert it

[jarbacca]

i've tried uses tpmge as widescreen, but when i burn the vcd, the picture is still strerched out and cut off at the side, help what do i do

[KingJohn]

Pay attention to the aspect ratio, you have yours set at "Full screen" this needs to be changed to "Full screen, keep aspect ratio" this will preserve the black borders at the top and bottom. You can then zoom on your wide screen TV to get a good picture.

[jarbacca]

please bear with me, because i'm new to VCD


can someone post a step by step way of changing the aspect ratio


i'm not an idiot, but i really have no idea what you guys mean when you say change aspect ratio (where do i find the button to do this)

[Mirror_Image]

Read this:

http://www.vcdhelp.com/tmpgencexplained.htm

a very good explanation of most (but not all) settings in TMPGEnc

[ejsjrnc]

When using TPMG, you can change the aspect ratio. I have had very good luck with Full Screen (keep aspect ratio 2). It seems to work well with clips that are a little odd size. I usually encode to SVCD for most of my stuff anyway. I like the better resolution.

Also, remember to select Preview from the File menu to see exactly what the finished results will look like.

[jarbacca]

thanks guys