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yoke_doke
22nd March 2002, 20:47
I've been encoding DVDs by using the DivX 4.x guide (using SmartRipper->DVD2AVI->TMPGEnc->VFAPI->VirtualDub->Nandub). When I open the .vob files with BSPlayer, I get to choose what I want the aspect ratio to be: Original, 16:9, or 4:3. I choose original becuz that's what it's supposed to look like. So when I choose original, there is black bars in full screen mode, about an inch tall, on the top and bottom. In 4:3, the picture is stretched to fit the whole screen, which isn't the way its supposed to look.

My problem is this: when I use DVD2AVI and "save project" to get the .d2v file, the result comes out as 4:3 with the stretched picture. And when I do widescreen movies, they have a 1-inch black bars instead of two-inch black bars (and the picture is once again stretched, but this time to the 1-inch black bars instead of two-inch black bars). How can I fix this problem so that I can create the movie as a DivX in its original aspect ratio instead of a stretched picture?

Any help would be GREATLY appreciated, as I'm encoding about 4-6 movies/week, so I'd like to be doing them right.

manono
23rd March 2002, 04:22
Hi-

The easiest way I know to get correct Aspect Ratio is to use Gordian Knot to crop and resize. Pay attention to the Aspect Ratio as given by DVD2AVI, and enter that in GKnot, crop the black bars, resize to your chosen resolution and then Smart Crop. Piece of cake.