Divx Playback?

[adyf]

When i play an avi file on my divx compatible standalone dvd player, it plays full screen even though the avi file is widescreen. Is this a setting that needs to be changed on the dvd player or can i add horizontal black bars to the avi file before i burn to dvd? Any help would be great.

[SeeMoreDigital]

We will need more information than this.... Such as: -

Your encodes pixel frame size, your player type and your TV shape!

A still frame image taken from your encode would help too!


Cheers

[adyf]

Thanks for the reply. Tv is widescreen, DVD player is Tevion QS808. As for pixel size do you mean 576x304, 23.976fps?

[SeeMoreDigital]

When 576 is divided by 304 gives a pixel frame AR of around 1.89:1. So given your TV has an AR of 1.7777:1 (aka:16:9) the image will fill your screen - as some of the image will be lost to over-scan!

That said, I would still like to see a still frame image taken from your encode, in order to determine whether it contains any black mattes!

Most software based players offer a "capture image" option. And you can upload your image to the forum using say, http://tinypic.com/ or http://www.imageshack.us/


Cheers

[adyf]

Hope this helps.

http://img328.imageshack.us/img328/2946/pdvd0004lh.th.png (http://imageshack.us/)

[SeeMoreDigital]

The image you provided is 576x324 pixels, which gives a pixel frame AR of around 1.777:1.

The reason why you don't see the small mattes above and below the image is due to the over-scan your TV produces....

By-the-way... you'll also loose some of the image horizontally due to the over-scan too!


Cheers