Resize AVI to DVD PAL

[CobraVerde]

i have many classic movie in divx/xvid format and new DVD burner :) and little problem with avi - mpeg2 conversion. How correct resize avi/divx files to DVD 720x576 ?
i use Nandub, CCE 2.50, AVS 2.07, DVDMaestro and FitCD (resize calculator) and after encoding, all movies looks on my panorama TV no good - picture is squeezed.

example:
- source movie: 512x288 - aspect ratio 1.77

- FitCD calculation:
LanczosResize(720,448,3,0,506,288) - aspect ratio 1.60 !!!
AddBorders(0,64,0,64)
Trim(0,135746).FadeOut(150)

- i try 1:1, 4:3 and 16:9 aspect ratio's settings in CCE and 16:9 and 4:3 in Maestro (combination)

terminal effect - on 16:9 (wide) screen picture is squeezed, looks good only on 4:3 screen :(

uff - i'm now very helpless and need your suggestion how correct calculation resize, to my movies looks good on 16:9 TV.

THX for help

CobraVerde

[redeemer-dk]

if you aspect ratio is 1.778 then it's 16:9. you should just be able to resize it to 720x576, but remember to set it to 16:9 when encoding it. this hould look correct on any tv screen.

[Huge]

I think you just need to set the 16:9 aspect ratio flag in CCE. I use TMPeg and there's a setting on the Video Settings tab that let's you set the output AR. If this flag is not set, then the TV doesn't know to switch to 16:9 mode (I assume you have a 16:9 TV).