convert SVCD 4:3 to 16:9 anamorphic without re-encoding?

[suerpflysocal]

I have SVCD on a CD that was encoded as 16:9(with bars, encoded as $:3). Is there any way to extract the movie (that I can do with isobuster) and then change it to 16:9 (anamorphic, encoded as 16:9) without re-encoding whatsoever?

[mybook4]

unless you have a widescreen tv, there would be no need to change it. Your source is 480 pixels wide. You would only be stretching the image. btw, there is no way to change it without re-encoding it.

PS 16:9 anamorphic SVCD doesn't work in about 99% of dvd players

[suerpflysocal]

let me elaborate on my dilemma:

I have two versions of a movie. A SVCD 16:9 on CD and a Xvid Divx at 640 x 272. The SVCD is perfect...incredible picture quality, rivals any DVD. But, when played in regular tV there are black bars which is expected. However, when played on Mitsubishi widescreen TV, again we see black bars but it is now stretched not up and down but left and right making everyone look fat (like what a 4:3 picture look like on widescreen TV). My conclusion is that it is encoded to 16:9 (bars added, encoded at 4:3) (the second option on DVD2SVCD.

I then tried to take the Xvid and encode it with DVD2SVCD at 16:9 (anamorphic, encoded at 16:9). It looks much better aspect ratio wise. There is only a thin bar top and bottom and the picture is not stretched left and right. Howver, regardless of my setting, the picture quality is much inferior to that the original SVCD, much more pixelation, so I don't want to use this option.

Thus I would like to take my SVCD, extract the mpg, make it 16:9 anamorphic without reencoding. Will pulldown.exe do this?

[adam]

Yes pulldown can change the aspect ratio flag without re-encoding, just use the gui and its easy.

Like mybook4 said, the vast majority of dvd players will not correctly play a 16:9 SVCD. The typical way to encode a SVCD for playback on a widescreen tv is to set the aspect ratio to 4:3 and zoom in on the tv.