Screwdriver
17th February 2002, 20:28
First off, I must say that DVD2SVCD is amazing. The time it saves is unreal.
I recently purchased a region 2 DVD, and I live in California. My now region-hacked player (AD-1500) plays the disc fine, but everything is a little squished – I assume because the source was meant for PAL. This is the first PAL source I have worked with.
Last night I did a dvd2svcd run on the disc. As expected, the SVCDS created looked beautiful. Fortunately, the source does not seem to require any deinterlacing. Anyway, I guess as expected, the video stream was encoded in the same aspect ratio. The SVCD's look squished on my NTSC TV just as the DVD does. If I open the MPEG in WMP it looks fine. I did notice that in "properties" it says that the clip is 768 x 576, while all the others I have open in WMP have said that they were 640x480. (but they are supposed to be 480x480? *shrug*)
I am relatively new to the SVCD process, and have had a difficult time understanding "AVS scripts" and the frameserving process.
Is there something simple I can do to change the resolution / aspect ratio of the outputted SVCD so it looks correct on my TV?
Thanks in advance for any responses. I must say that this forum is awesome. This is obviously my first post, but I have read countless threads in the past, and they have been very helpful.
If this topic is covered in the guides or the FAQ's I sincerely apologize – I have tried to read each of them thoroughly.
I recently purchased a region 2 DVD, and I live in California. My now region-hacked player (AD-1500) plays the disc fine, but everything is a little squished – I assume because the source was meant for PAL. This is the first PAL source I have worked with.
Last night I did a dvd2svcd run on the disc. As expected, the SVCDS created looked beautiful. Fortunately, the source does not seem to require any deinterlacing. Anyway, I guess as expected, the video stream was encoded in the same aspect ratio. The SVCD's look squished on my NTSC TV just as the DVD does. If I open the MPEG in WMP it looks fine. I did notice that in "properties" it says that the clip is 768 x 576, while all the others I have open in WMP have said that they were 640x480. (but they are supposed to be 480x480? *shrug*)
I am relatively new to the SVCD process, and have had a difficult time understanding "AVS scripts" and the frameserving process.
Is there something simple I can do to change the resolution / aspect ratio of the outputted SVCD so it looks correct on my TV?
Thanks in advance for any responses. I must say that this forum is awesome. This is obviously my first post, but I have read countless threads in the past, and they have been very helpful.
If this topic is covered in the guides or the FAQ's I sincerely apologize – I have tried to read each of them thoroughly.