perfect screensolution

[MalcolmC]

I have a avi file: 325*288 25fps/44100hz stereo. When I convert it with TMPGEnc which aspect ratio should I use?
I have tried different but when I´m looking the converted file in my widescreen tv it doesn´t fit. How should I do to make the file perfect?

I almost tried different solutions like:
1:1 vga fullscreen
1:1 vga + keep aspect ratio
16:9 pal fullscreen
16:9 ntsc fullscreen
16:9
16:9 pal + keep aspect ratio and aslo keep aspect ratio (no bothers)

[ya_jai]

I assume all the setting you mention are under advance tab. Did you set aspect ration under video tab to be 16:9 (PAL/NTSC) as your TV type?

[Kevin Henry]

MalcomC, what do you mean 'doesnt fit'?

What are you trying to do with the movie, make it fill the WHOLE screen or just the width?

How are you viewing the file - from your PC to your TV or from your DVD-SA to your TV, after writing the file?

ya_jai : people ask these question here cos most of the guides aren't that helpful. He is asking for information as to what the settings in tmpgenc actually DO, and I havent seen a guide that tells us those things. Most guides say 'do this' 'do that' but dont tell you WHY ... if we know why to do it, then we can figure things out for ourselves the next time we encounter a problem ...

[banjazzer]

I assume all the setting you mention are under advance tab. Did you set aspect ration under video tab to be 16:9 (PAL/NTSC) as your TV type?

This is not correct. This relates to your source material, and for DivX should always be 1:1(VGA), and Video arrange method should be one of the Full screen(keep aspect ratio) options.

MalcolmC When you start to encode, do you see the movie with no black bars at the left and right edges? Sometimes swapping the to the other Full screen(keep aspect ratio) setting can help if there is a slight black band. If you are fitting to the edges here, then this is correct. When I watch VCD on my widescreen TV I need to zoom the picture. This is quite normal!

[ya_jai]

@kavin

I know that some guides don't tell all detail and sometime if someone have probelm they have to ask on the forum which I understand and always reply as much as i could.

For example this question I myself ain't own any widescreen TV but I have read from somewhere that if you encode VCD to watch on different type of TV then you have to set video output to match your TV's screen. I might be wrong as banjazzer already corrected me about that.

You know sometime ppl ask something that they can find answers easily within this forum without posting like " How can I convert divx?", " My video have no sound", " How can I rip DVD" "Can I rip DVD with CD-rom" and etc. And that why I have a signature to remind ppl that there are guides and old posts which they might be able to find answers and ways to solve their problems and they don't have to wait a day or more for ppl to answer their questions.

If my signature offend any of you in anyway pls accept my apology.

ya_jai

[Kevin Henry]

Yeah, I know what you mean ...

My understanding of screen res is the same as yours - 1:1 if it's being encoded for monitor or match your TV ratio.

Most TV's, including most widescreens are 4:3. A few 'special' TV's are 16:9, but if you encode at 4:3 you'll get the right output for most TVs.

Depends what kinda TV he has ... most DVD-SA will have a selectable ratio in thier setups ...

[MalcolmC]

I´m trying to convert a none divx file..just a avi file and when I choose the aspect ratio I take 16:9 coz I´m going to watch it on my widescreen tv. But somehow the picture will be too large. when I try making movie with black bars and zoom it with my tv its also be to large. Then some of the picture disappear coz its to large

banjazzer---yes for example I have settings like source ratio 1:1 and aspect ratio 4:3 ntsc, full screen keep ascpect ratio. Then I see a small blackbars in the left and right.

[Kevin Henry]

Malcom, what are you trying to convert it to?

Are you selecting 16:9 in the 'Setting' - 'Video' - 'Aspect ratio' tab in TMPGenc or are you changing the 'advanced' - 'source ratio'?

Source ratio should be 1:1 cos it's a video made for a computer, regardless of what res it is.

Video - aspect ratio, where you chose what your stream type is, should be 16:9 for you but probably 4:3 unless you're sure you have a 16:9 TV ...

[MalcolmC]

I´m trying to convert from a avi file to mpeg1.(vcd)
I have tried different ratio
like source ratio 1:1
aspect ratio 4:3
but the same problem..I dont really know how to fix it

[Kevin Henry]

set the aspect ratio to 16:9 ... that should fix it. Also, make sure that you're video size is the default for VCD, 352x whatever

[banjazzer]

When encoding an avi which already has correct AR:

Source aspect ratio = 1:1(VGA)
Video aspect ratio is one of the Full Screen (keep aspect ratio) ones.
These settings are always correct.

Sometimes Full screen (keep aspect ratio 2) works slightly better, but, you are always likely to get black borders with VCD resolution displayed on a widescreen TV. You can see if setting the (target) video>aspect ratio to 16:9 helps, but there is no such thing as a standard widescreen TV. Which is one of the reasons most have a zoom control!

[MalcolmC]

Banjezzer--when I use 1:1 vga and full screen keep aspect wich aspect ratio should I use? 16:9 ntsc pal or 4:3 pal ntsc 4:3?
thanks
coz I seems to be that I have used many options =)

[banjazzer]

when I use 1:1 vga and full screen keep aspect wich aspect ratio should I use? 16:9 ntsc pal or 4:3 pal ntsc 4:3?

Those options are only available under the *advanced* settings, and for this, with avi, it must be 1:1(VGA).

In video settings, most times aspect ratio 4:3 works well, but you can unlock the template and try 16:9.

I can't help thinking we are talking at cross purposes. For all settings under the *advanced* tab, it is as I specified in the last post.