What happens when I play widescreen SVCDs on a widescreen TV?

[mattman]

Will there be black bars along the top and bottom, and a tiny picture in the middle?

Or will it fill up the entire widescreen TV?

[UltimateDBZ]

Depends what ratio of widescreen we're talking about on both the TV and the video source. Most widescreen video is 16:9, but not all widescreen TVs are. So sometimes you will still have a black bar on the top and bottom, and other times you won't, depending on what ratio of TV you're talking about.

[mattman]

Let's say the SVCD movie is 16x9 and the TV is also 16x9. So, there will be no black bars at all? I thought the black bars were "hard encoded" into the video stream (if that makes sense). So the TV will know not to show the black bars?

[Jason28]

If you make a SVCD that is 16*9 but encoded at 4*3 then the black bars are always going to be there, you are right they are hardcoded in. If you make a widscreen movie (only available if you use the advanced feature) then it wont have the black bars. So to answer your question it depends on how you make the SVCD.

[mattman]

Originally posted by Jason28
If you make a SVCD that is 16*9 but encoded at 4*3 then the black bars are always going to be there, you are right they are hardcoded in. If you make a widscreen movie (only available if you use the advanced feature) then it wont have the black bars. So to answer your question it depends on how you make the SVCD.

What do you mean by "advanced feature"? Where is that option?

[UltimateDBZ]

In the Misc tab, you can set D2S's complication level (I guess you could call it that) to Advanced, if you really know what you're doing. Then, on the conversion tab, you have the option of making a true 16:9 to 16:9 conversion.

[smirk]

Originally posted by UltimateDBZ
In the Misc tab, you can set D2S's complication level (I guess you could call it that) to Advanced, if you really know what you're doing. Then, on the conversion tab, you have the option of making a true 16:9 to 16:9 conversion.
My understanding is that if you do this, many DVD players don't know how to properly handle it (although they should). In other words, if you watch it on a standard TV set then the picture will be squashed. Is this correct?

[Jason28]

If you do a true 16:9 conversion then most likley there will be problems. The type of problem will depend on your DVD player. When I did it with my DVD player(Apex BTW)the picture on my TV was all messed up and shaking like there was no tomorrow. :(

[mattman]

i was just hoping my SVCDs in widescreen would play correctly on my $2500 widescreen TV (when I get one, one day :D )

[Jason28]

If you play them on a widescreen Tv then you shouldnt have any problems. If you made them 16:9 (encoded as 4:3) then you will always have the black bars.

[Whitespliff]

If you're only gonne see them on your 16/9 tv use 4:3 (No borders, encoded as 4:3).
The black borders will no be added this way.
The picture will look stretched if you play it on you pc or on a 4:3 tv, on a 16:9 it will look ok.