SVCD resolution

[saab90001]

I've looked all over the place for the answer to this; without any luck.

When the MPG2 is encoded to 480x480 (Default SVCD NTSC) ... If I burn that to a SVCD .... is it going to play @ that resolution? I would like to see it in the clichÉ "widescreen". The 480x480 was not formatted to fit my screen and the MPG2 has everything alot "thinner and taller."

I've found too many different answers. (on the forums, vcdhelp, etc) I've tried some (e.g. the aspect ratio, clip frame, manual resoultion settings, and even the 4:3_525 and 16:9 options)

None of them have helped during the "preview" option on TMPg .... so i was hesitant about burning to CD. (MY DVD player only plays CD-RW and not CD-R ... and I don't really have too many lying around to use as coasters/frisbees.

Could someone who's "lived" this situation please let me know how and if the format can return to the widescreen display.

Thanks,
and sorry for the stupid question

[Kedirekin]

I'm not sure I understand the full context of your question.

When played on a stand-alone or software player, the 480x480 will be resized to the equivalent of 640x480 (or some other resolution that represents a 4:3 aspect ratio). The reason it'll look strange in software like DVD2AVI, vDub, or TMpg is that they aren't players, and they ignore the DAR flags in the mpg stream - they almost always threat video as if it is *meant* to be viewed at 1:1.

If you are aiming at getting the equivalent of anamorphic playback on a widescreen TV, I've seen many reports that you can do so manually. You have to encode the SVCD as full screen (despite the fact that that may feel wrong), then you have to manually switch your widescreen TV to 16:9 mode.

I would also like to point out that DVDs are resized on playback too. The stand-alone or software player will resize the 720x480 native resolution 'on-the-fly' to the equivalent of 640x480 (or some other 4:3 resolution), or for anamorphic playback, to the equivalent of 640x360 (or some other 16:9 resolution).

BTW: this is all probably explained better in An amazing thread about 16x9 versus 4x3 aspect ratio (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5905) in the DVD2SVCD basics forum.

[andyg]

You may want to look under:
http://www.doom9.org/aspectratios.htm
maybe it'll help... .