NEED HELP CONVERTING MOVIE TO MPEG USING TMPENG

[UmitDavala]

OK, here's the deal.

Using TMPGEnc, I am trying to convert a Divx movie ("Tombstone") to an MPEG and I am having problems setting up the screen size for when I play it on my DVD player.

According to Virtual Dub, the file is frame size 512x224, 29.970 fps meaning I load NTSC when I encode. I do that and in "Settings", under the "Video" tab, the options go away and the Size is 352 X 240 and Aspect Ratio is 4:3 525 line (NTSC). So far so good.

Now, here lies the problem. In "Settings", under the "Advanced" tab, I have Source Aspect Ratio set to 1:1. Now if I set the video arrange method to to Center(Keep Aspect Ratio), the image isn't streched and I should be satisfied but there is still the matter of that teensy 10 % overscan that nearly all TV's have. I have a feeling I should do something with Center(Custom Size).

So my question is how do I set up the Center(Custom Size) so that when I play it on my DVD player the movie will be the right size(meaning NOT stretched) and it will compensate for the overscan area by being 10% smaller in height and width.

Any hints or help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

[thesicilian]

Hi m8,

What I normally do is set the source aspect ratio to ever 16:9 display or 4:3 depending weither wide screen or 4:3. This normally works well for me. Try a small piece & burn, then play on your dvd.