funny transparent bars

[jriker1]

I have these funny transparent bars about a quarter inch vertically at the top and bottom of the video files. Creating with latest CCE and AviSynth. Seemed to start happening after updating to a new version of FitCD. Not sure if the scripts it's creating is causing it or not. Can't find 1.2.4 anywhere so can't go back to the old one as I never saved the installer. Bars are basically lighter tone of the main image. Kind of like there was a white layer on top of it that was 80% transparent. Here is the script if there is any relations:

# -= AviSynth v2.5.6.0 script by FitCD v1.2.8 =-
AVISource("file1.avi",false) + AVISource("file2.avi",false)
BicubicResize(720,448,0,0.6,2,0,636,272)
AddBorders(0,64,0,64)
#Trim(0,89238).FadeOut(150)
AddAudio()

[jriker1]

OK, issue still exists however more info. Found FitCD 1.2.4 after a painful process and it produces the same avs info as 1.2.8. Some info on one of the avi files from GSpot:

640x272 (2.35:1) [=40:17]
Bitrate: 1392 kb/s
FPS: 25.000

Based on the previously listed avs script, not sure if there is any way to determine where these slight transparent lines are coming from. Hopfully I will not need to cut off the top and bottom as a 2:35 based image it's already small enough vertically.

Thanks.

JR

[Axed]

Post a few frames so we can easily diagnose whats wrong.

[jriker1]

Don't think I can in a way that would show it. Here's what I found out. If I take the VIDEO_TS folder and open it in PowerDVD outputted to the TV it's fine. If I burn it and put it in my stand alone DVD Player, I see these light bands horizontally at the top and bottom of the picture. Essentially if you had an entire screen of grey, there woud be about a centimeter vertically of lighter grey across the top and bottom. The bars seem to be a lighter version of what's being displayed.

[Axed]

I have no idea, thats a weird problem!

One thought tho, post your settings for CCE, its possible a CCE setting there is causing the fault.

[jriker1]

I've got mixed feelings about this one. Ends up this issue happens in store bought DVD's also so looks like my DVD player is going bad. Wish I had bought a cheap one. Wouldn't have bothered me so much. Glad it's not my authoring process, however now I need a new DVD player.

[random asshat]

I've had that happen to me in a CCE a few times.

I often reduce the bitrate to the "end credits" section of an encode
to a bare minimum, and gave gotten the "bars" on a couple occasions

So I would randomly throw out the theory that maybe the encoder
is just not getting enough bits to decribe the image?

Encoding credits at avg bitrate 600-700, min 250 seems a reliable
way to reproduce the "bars" that I am describing.

But yes, having a known good dvd player definitely helps find
where the fault lies.