Hi there, Until now I used WinAVI to letterbox my avi files and then put them on DVD. But now I have a 576x432 avi file (1.33:1). And since DVD takes only 720x480 (1.5:1) and 704x480 (1.46:1), the movie gets streched. The people look fat! What should I do with this movie? Leave it streched? Letterbox on the side ?????? I never heard of that. Thanks for your help. This is the best video forum !!! C
576/432=4/3 You have never heard of a 4:3 DVD? 4:3 = full screen. If you have a WS TV then you just need to set it to 4:3 and it will add the side bars? Surely you must have come across 4:3 material before though?
I finished converting the file with WinAVI. The preview looked streched. That's why I made this thread. But after converting I look at it with Real Player and it seems to be OK. My screen is 4:3. And now I use TMPGEnc to prepair it for the DVD-5. The preview window of the movie seems to be OK too. I will see the result later. Sure I heard "4;3" before. Basically I found a way to solve most of the problems converting AVI to DVD. Truthfully I don't get it, but if the result is OK, I don't care how it was done. I just got confused by the preview of WinAVI. That's all I think. I use the following steps: 1. AVI to MPG with WinAVI. Because it makes letterboxes well. 2. MPG to M2V and WAV with TMPGEnc because the filesize and quality is best. 3. M2V & WAV to VOB with TMPGEnc DVD Author. That gives me the best picture & no sync problems. Basically I would like to skip WinAVI, but it seems wide screen movies (2.35:1, ...) need to go through WinAVI (or another app, please recommend some), because I don't know how to set TMPGEnc right to make wide movies not look stretched in the height. Am I on the right track? C
A widescreen movie is supposed to look stretched if it is assumed 1:1 on playback. For instance a 16:9 PAL movie would use all 720x576 pixels and look stretched, this is rectified on playback when the picture is stretched horizontally since the pixels are not 1:1. Same goes for 4:3, however 720:576 is a lot closer to 4:3 than 16:9 so it isn't as noticable.
