SVCD Problems.

[ta2]

Whenever I use TMPGEnc to make an SVCD MPEG the picture gets screwed up. Everything becomes tall. I have had no problems with VCDs but SVCDs are a different matter. I noticed that the dimensions for (PAL)VCDs are 352x288. Whereas the dimensions for a (PAL) SVCD are 480x576. I think this is the problem. However I am no closer to solving my problem. Can someone tell me how to fix this please.

[hwoodwar]

I suspect you are trying to watch the SVCDs on your computer. This is normal for many programs that play these files. Try using a CD writing program that can write to SVCD format, then burn to PAL SVCD format and play it on a standalone DVD player that is SVCD compatable. You should then see it displayed in the proper aspect ratio.

[hwoodwar]

Those resolutions you gave are correct for PAL VCDs and SVCDs respectively. Change those resolutions and you will no longer be making VCDs and SVCDs, you will be making XVCDs and XSVCDs.

[ta2]

I am just looking at the prievew when I make my judgement. If the prievew does not look normal, then I do not start the process. So are you saying that I should just try it, and it should play fine on my DVD player?

[Kai21]

well wasnt sure where to post this but under here is fine but anyways i was wondering is it normal when you burn a svcd that the time is doubled when you use nero to burn it for example if the movie is 40 minutes it will say 80 i meanfor part 1 is that normal ? please help

[Stevmill]

I know for NTSC if you encode a 16:9 source as a 4:3, then things look like that. I made that mistake a few times.

[mats.hogberg]

The TMPGEnc preview is pretty useless for anything but to see how far it has encoded. It's by default locked at 320*240 or something like that, no matter what res you're encoding to. This can be changed tho.
Anyway, since the res for (S)VCD are fixed, there's not much to do about these. I encode my 16:9 movies to 352*288 (VCD) as 4:3, the use the "wide screen" setting on my TV to get it to the correct proportions. On a 4:3 TV it will be unwatchable, if it hasn't "simulated" wide screen. (Of course, if I keep it at 4:3 on the TV, or watch it on the computer, it looks very vertically stretched.)

/Mats

[banjazzer]

View with PowerDVD or WinDVD. If the aspect ratio is still wrong then you have done something wrong.