DVD Player doesn't detect converted video as widescreen

[chipzoller]

I'm not sure if this is in the right forum, so please move it if there is a better forum choice.

I'm converting some Xvid and DivX encoded videos (all originally widescreen) to play back on my Panasonic DVD player in my entertainment center, but for some reason when I convert them (used WinAVI and ConvertXtoDVD) the player doesn't play them back in widescreen but fullscreen mode. I think this may have something to do with not the conversion, but the encode: as is the case with widescreen encodes the black area above and below the picture is cropped. I checked the conversion by playing it back on my computer's DVD drive and all is well (using PowerDVD), my entertainment center's DVD player seems to be having the issue. This happens no matter what conversion method I use.

Is there a way to trick the player into thinking there was nothing cropped? What can I do?

thanks,


CZ

[setarip_old]

Hi!is the case with widescreen encodes the black area above and below the picture is cropped.Are you saying that when you created the XviD-compressed and DivX-compressed .AVIs, you cropped off the black bars? If so, I believe the converting software will always interpret the image as meant to occupy the entire screen (Fullscreen or 4:3).

If you DON'T crop the black bars, the conversion software will include them in the output file - which will playback on your standalone including the black bars (Although it will still, technically, be a Fullscreen or 4:3 image)...

[chipzoller]

Yes, I normally crop the black bars off the picture.
But in this case, I didn't create the rips and so have no control over that factor. I'm just asking that after the fact the the borders were cropped, is there any way to sort of 'undo' this?

And although I am but an amateur at video encoding, I always thought that leaving the black borders reduces the quality of the final encode and slows it down because data has to be allocated to the black borders, thus taking away from the amount of bits/pixel allocated to the actual picture. Am I incorrect here?

thanks,


CZ

[mpucoder]

But in this case, I didn't create the rips
That being the case we cannot help you, see rule #6.