Wrong black borders with letterbox source

[NephilimDM]

I've tried it again.

When the source DVD is in 2.35:1 widescreen letterbox format and i set "4:3" in the aspect ratio combobox, DVD2SVCD add 2 black bars.

Avs file (copy and paste):

LoadPlugin("D:\MULTIM~1\DVD2SVCD\SIMPLE~1\SIMPLE~1.DLL")
LoadPlugin("D:\MULTIM~1\DVD2SVCD\MPEG2Dec\MPEG2DEC.dll")
mpeg2source("E:\Video\Video_ts\thething.d2v")
SimpleResize(480,432)
AddBorders(0,72,0,72)
ResampleAudio(44100)

I use DVD2SVCD 1.0.6 build 3

Nephilim

[gerti67]

Hello again,

from the Avisynth script you posted dvd2svcd must use 16:9 - that's for sure. Ahh, there's a little glitch in dvd2svcd - if you select 4:3 for the Aspect ratio and you then click onto a different tab to make some settings or just to look at it - dvd2svcd resets the Aspect ratio to 16:9 again. - So be sure that the Aspect ratio is the last thing you change before you hit the "Go" button. ;)

Greetings,
gerti67

[chainsaw135]

I havent tested this on the newer builds.. but does that issue get fixed in build 4 or the new pre build?

[gerti67]

Nope! (For 1.0.6 Build 4) ;)

[NephilimDM]

Hello again gerti67,

The 4:3 selection is the "default" selection.
I haven't selected anything! :sly:

Any idea?

Bye,
Nephilim

[gerti67]

Hmmm,

a widescreen letterboxed DVD should have a DAR of 4:3 from my understanding of aspect ratio - so this is correct. But i wonder why dvd2svcd adds Borders to this. :confused:

If you try a different movie (an anamorphic one) and use the 4:3 setting with it - is dvd2svcd also adding borders?

As a workaround you could hand edit the Avisynth script to this:

...
SimpleResize(480,576)
AddBorders(0,72,0,72) <-- and delete this line
...

Greetings,
gerti67