Convert 4:3 to widescreen - Confused in TMPGenc

[pwygant]

Fellows,

A last cry for help. I have been using TMPGenc for quite sometime but I am still a little bit confused on the video arrange measurements. I live in the US so I am on the NTSC system and I want to take a 4:3 (DV) movie and make into widescreen. What is the measurements I put in the Center frame (custom size) option to make it come out in widescreen?

Yes, I know there a different opinions on this with letterbox & anamorphic etc. but what is the most common? Someone suggested to me to make it 480x384 but that looks a lot larger than widescreen on my regular tv.

Any suggestions where I can read up on these issues or what the two coorect measurements would be to put in that window?

Pierre!

[Greg12]

you would gain no bennifit from this. only detrement.

VIdeo shot in full screen is not ment to be displayed in wide screen, it will look funny.


i suggest checking to see if your camera can film in widescreen.

[Vikingo]

What you could do is to set the (in tmpgenc) source to 1:1
with "full screen" in "video arrange method" (Notice, NOT keep aspect ratio) and then choose 16:9 display under aspect ratio under the
"video tab"

This have worked fine for me (using pal svcd 576x480 on a 32" widescreen TV) Viewed on a on my monitor in powerdvd WITHOUT "Keep aspect ratio" it looked like shit though, but it's what seen on the TV that's counts, right?