Aspect ratio (no borders) for 16:9

[parallon]

I have a widescreen TV and when I create an SVCD with DVD2SVCD and of course using a wide screen movie, I get the black bars on my TV. I notice that the only options are to create 4:3 without borders or 16:9 with borders added (Both of them encoded as 4:3). Is there any way to get 16:9 without borders? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Parallon

[poopyhead]

if you're gonna watch the movie on a widescreen TV (HDTV??)

then your OUTPUT VIDEO should be 16:9 DISPLAY NTSC, regardless of what the SOURCE DVD aspect ratio is, which you enter in advanced tab in tmpgenc (either 16:9 or 4:3 525 line NTSC, depending on what dvd2avi's info box tells you)

i'm assuming you have NTSC DVD...and watching on NTSC TV

[parallon]

Is it possible to modify the settings within DVD2SVCD? I realize that this program is controlled by a batch program, and I have looked around through various files trying to find out where this can be accomplished. I would really hate to have to do each of the associated programs individually.

Parallon

[Digifreak]

I am using DVD2SVCD with CCE and it does not let me encode output to anything but 4:3. This is OK because a large number of players cannot properly play 16:9 flagged video for SVCD (my apex cannot). The 16:9 (borders added; encoded as 4:3) option will give the movie the correct aspect on a standard TV but I have a widescreen TV so I set DVD2SVCD to encode 4:3 (No borders, encoded as 4:3). This will stretch out to the correct aspect when viewed on widescreen TV. The only drawback is that it will not play at the proper aspect on the PC.

[parallon]

Thanks "Freak". I didn't think about that. I will give it a try and let you know of the outcome.

Parallon

[parallon]

Hey DigiFreak, did I ever tell you that you are my hero? I tried it last night with just a single chapter so that I wouldn't waste 6-7 hours for nothing. Everything is great, and also where my TV would only give me 2 format options, now I have the full five options back again.

Thanks again,

Parallon