sbt5
22nd January 2006, 20:26
I would like to back up my DVDs for fullscreen display on my HDTV (NTSC 16x9) without any letter boxing. Up until now I have been viewing DVDs with a computer and software player to scale the picture for full screen viewing while maintaining the correct aspect ratio. I would like to backup my DVDs in either Divx or Mpeg-4 format for playback with my dvd (Philips DVP642) player. I guess my question is this, can this be done? :confused: Can my Divx or Mpeg-4 backups be played on my the dvd player (Divx Home Theater certified dvd player)?:confused: Cropping and resizing is ok as this is aready done by my software player. If it is possible what resolutions should I use for the encoder. I will adjust the bitrate accordingly (would like to fit 2 full length movies to a dvd5). There is a related question and this one concerns the tv. The TV aspect ratio is 16:9 but the native resolution on the tv is 1024 by 768 (42 inch plasma) which works out mathmatically to 4:3 the same a a SDTV. Guess the tv's pixels are not rectangular.:stupid: , but HD programs playback well and are not distorted. Not sure if this is related to the resolutions to which I should encode.