Help! Black bars top and bottom of 4:3 fullscreen

[hrgiger6]

I am trying to burn a fullscreen dvd from a 720 x 480 mkv file that has no black bars at top or bottom but I end up with one that does! I am trying to use DVD Flick. I initially captured video from a fullscreen LD to a stand alone dvd recorder at HQ. Then I ripped the dvd's (one per LD side) to the hard via DVD decrypter. Then I joined each disc's vob's together and used IFOedit to write new IFO files. Then I used AutoMKV to condense them down to one x264/AAC file to convert to DVD via DVD Flick. The result is virtually the same as a dvd rip (this cut wasn't released on dvd) but it has damn black bars on top and bottom of the fullscreen picture! The mkv file does not have black bars. I set Automkv to use original width resolution. And DVD Flick just does whatever automatically. How can I get it converted at the best possible quality with no black bars etc. to display correctly at 4:3? The picture is squished down I need it to pump up to show the right aspect.

Sorry about the long post and not sure where to put this question.

hrgiger

[smok3]

if i would have to guess, i would think that DVD-flick probably thinks, that you are authoring 16:9 anamorfic stuff (no, i won't comment on your sensless-lossy-mkv intermediate).

[setarip_old]

Hi!

Sounds like some unnecessary extra steps, since the DVD Flick-created DVD you made from the .MKV is likely almost as large as your initial two captures from laser disc combined.

Try the following:

1) Use DVD Decrypter, set to "Movie only" and set to rip as ONE .VOB, to rip each of the two captures to your hard drive.

2) Load each of your two hard drive DVD VOBs into DVD Flick (either change the extenders from ".VOB" to "MPG" or enter "*.*" in the filename box to show the files with ".VOB" extenders), using the "Add file" radio button - and let DVD Flick "do its thing".

Per the DVD Flick website docs: To create a title that merges several video files, first add the first one in the series of files to the project as a title. Then, edit the title and go to the Video sources tab. There all you have to do is simply add the other video files in the series using the Add button and they will be appended onto each other.

[hrgiger6]

setarip_old ; smok3:

Okay! I'll try it that way. I actually did rip them as one VOB (but this movie has 3 sides and was almost 9 gigs in size with the 3 vobs.) I'm new to DVD Flick was using convertx and didn't know that I could crush down that much to fit. Convertx always made you expand them up.

No more of that lossy silliness.

[hrgiger6]

Yes that seems to have worked. I ran a quick trial at low quality. I think smok3 is right in that DVD Flick is confused by the MKV container or something.

[setarip_old]

Yes that seems to have worked.Glad to hear that! You're quite welcome ;>}