Anamorphic back to 4x3

[qwerr]

I've been using the anamorphic setting virtually since day one when it was available - but on replacing my dead Philips dvd player with a new Philips dvd player - the new one doesn't recognise the anarmorphic tag encoding. I can "trick" the new player by inserting a dvd then it reads the following anamorphic svcds.

It's not entirely satisfactory as I had so many problems with the old Philips - that it wouldn't be surprising if the new one stops accepting the "trick".

(I know I shouldn't have bought a Philips again but I like the 5.1 multichannel output I can achieve.)

So if any one knows how i can re-tag the mpeg header tag on the svcds - or any other ideas or solutions - they would be greatly appreciated...:D

[UltimateDBZ]

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[xp_eric]

yes you can : use DVDPatcher (kickme.to/dvdpatcher)

Use 4:3 for your 2.35:1 movies, the aspect result is exactly the same (just the anamorphic bit isn't set)

cheers,

:sly: Eric

[markrb]

Well there will be major issues. The video will still not have those black bars. If you are going to be playing these on a 4:3 TV they will become stretched and distorted if you can do it at all.
The only way to get the black bars back is to re-encode the video.

If you are going to be playing this on a widescreen TV then I do not know what will happen if you can infact remove the 16:9 tag from the mpeg video.

I have never seen or used the above mentioned program so I can't confirm or deny what it will do.

Mark

[xp_eric]

wel try this : encode a DVD / Divx in both 4:3 and anamorphic (after each other ;-) and look closely at the AviSynth script. You will see they are both EQUAL !!!! So black borders / strectching will be exacly the same on both a 4:3 and a widescreen TV. The ONLY advantage for the anamorphic bit is some DVD players / TV's / Software players adjust the ratio automatically...

cheers,

:sly: Eric

[markrb]

xp_eric yes you are correct the Avisynth files are the same.

What I was saying if you play a non anamorphic 16:9 video on a 4:3 TV it distorts becuase the DVD player will stretch the video to fit the screen as it thinks the video is 4:3. That same video played on a 16:9 WideScreen TV does not distort since the ouput TV is 16:9. Nowhere in the post does he say if it's going to be played on a widescreen TV or not.

Removing the 16:9 tag if possible will probably work on a widescreen TV, but will definately not work on a 4:3 TV. For it to work on a 4:3 TV you need to re-encode the video with the borders added.

Mark

[xp_eric]

or have a 4:3 set with a widescreen button which adds the borders (like all recent Philips set have). Even several DVD players can do this. Encoding like this has the advantage of "compatibility" on both 4:3 and widescreen sets...

cheers,

:sly: Eric

[qwerr]

thanks everybody for the replies - I have a philips widescreen tv - I dont plan to ever use a 4x3 tv set again.

Because I'm pretty slow with all things technical - I assume from your advice that I demux the burnt mpg's and reencode using dvdpatcher then remux and re-iauthor - OR can dvdpatcher do the reencode without me demuxing the video and audio streams??

Again - I'm extremely greatful for your help...:D :D

[qwerr]

- also without stretching a friendship - when using dvdpatcher - which option do i select

- Patch first header only OR..
- Patch entire file..

Again, many thanks ..:D :D

[markrb]

xp_eric that is one option no TV's have here in North America. I wish they did.

Mark