TMPGEnc Plus - Full Screen Aspect Ratio

[Jibreil]

Hello,

I have read on Doom9 Aspect Ratio Guide that TMPG is the only encoder that keeps the Aspect Ration as the original source.

Hence, I would like to ask you what is the difference between Full Screen Aspect Ratio and Full Screen Aspect Ratio 2?

:thanks:

[Kika]

That's only true, if TMPGEnc does the Resizing / Fitting by itself. If a frameserver is used to do resizings (AVIsynth, VirtualDub), that's not the complete story. In this case, only(!) Center ist the correct choice.

Full Screen Aspect Ratio and Full Screen Aspect Ratio 2... both are used to bring a Video with an distorted(!) AR to a correct 4:3 or 16:9 state. And both are doing Resizings/Croppings to do that. The difference is in how the Source is used. TMPGEnc shows you the Difference by itself.

[Jibreil]

That's only true, if TMPGEnc does the Resizing / Fitting by itself. If a frameserver is used to do resizings (AVIsynth, VirtualDub), that's not the complete story. In this case, only(!) Center ist the correct choice.

Full Screen Aspect Ratio and Full Screen Aspect Ratio 2... both are used to bring a Video with an distorted(!) AR to a correct 4:3 or 16:9 state. And both are doing Resizings/Croppings to do that. The difference is in how the Source is used. TMPGEnc shows you the Difference by itself.

My video size is 720x400, my basic idea is to make it appear on my TV the same size without the video getting stretched. Could you adivce something on this?

May be a combo of AviSynth and TMPGEnc Plus ?

[Kika]

It's always the better idea to do resizings in AVISynth, not in TMPGEnc.
720x400? Strange screensize. Is it PAL or NTSC? That's important. To do a propper resizing/fitting, you must know the correct AR of the Video, no matter if you use TMPGEnc directly or a combo of AVISynth and TMPGEnc (or any other encoder).

[Jibreil]

It's always the better idea to do resizings in AVISynth, not in TMPGEnc.
720x400? Strange screensize. Is it PAL or NTSC? That's important. To do a propper resizing/fitting, you must know the correct AR of the Video, no matter if you use TMPGEnc directly or a combo of AVISynth and TMPGEnc (or any other encoder).


It is PAL, what do you suggest?

[Kika]

OK, PAL, but still at a strange size. Is it cropped or something?
The AR may be 1.85:1, in this case:

AviSource("irgendein.avi")
LanczosResize(704,416,0,0,720,400)
AddBorders(8,80,8,80)

Or, if you like to do it in TMPGEnc directly:
Target size: 720x576
Positioning Method: Center (custom size) -> 704, 416