Burn Widescreen Divx to Widescreen DVD?

[chef]

What is the best way to burn widescreen Divx to a widescreen DVD? I have a bunch of Alias Episodes taken from HD sources, in widescreen. I'd like to put them on a dvd in widescreen. I've got Ulead, Sonic, Nero, and Prassi. I can put the divx on a dvd with menus and all (I love sonic/ulead), but they are forced into fullscreen. They look scewed in fullscreen, which is why I want them in widescreen. Appreciate any help.


C



Let me know if this belongs in another section.

[gooki]

Use TMPGEnc to encode the divx to mpeg2. Withing TMPGEnc you can add the widescreen bars etc.

[echooff]

Then use TMpgDvdAuthor or another authoring app to make ready for dvd.

[idbirch2]

You may find TMPGEnc DVD source creator easier that TMPGEnc as it only outputs DVD compliant MPEGs and has a nice little wizard at the start asking if you want PAL/NTSC or 4:3/16:9

[chef]

I appreciate it guys. I'll give it a shot, and let you know!

C

[chef]

sorry, but where can I find TMpgDvdAuthor or TMPGEnc DVD source creator, and are they free?

C

[Gren]

couldn't you encode the mpeg 2 stream in CCE and then use dvd lab to author the dvd?

i'm in a similar situation and this is what i'm trying todo however i'm running an avisynth script through CCE to get the 16:9 ratio.

[piscator]

The problem is probably that the Video Stream is not flagged as 16:9 letterboxed.

Use IfoEdit (I use v0.96) to open the appropriate IFO and flag your MPEG2 stream as 16:9 letterboxed after authoring. I use a combination of DVDShrink/TMpgDvdAuthor myself.

Note that you can use a DVD Playback program (such as PowerDVD) on your PC before buring to check if everyting is ok.

greetz,
Piscator

[Gren]

just did some reading on CCE and my way of doing it does work. on a 16:9 screen it will appear in widesceen. on a 4:3 you can get it to show the black bars or get the dvd drive to crop to 4:3.

like piscator said - check to see if yr program has the option to set 16:9