AR What am I doing wrong?

[LB]

I'm working on a divx file that is 640x360 and would like to output to a DVD compliant mpeg2. Only problem is that with the various setup's I've tried, the result is never 16:9. It's more like 4:3 with say +10 borders on the top and bottom. Here are the various things I've tried:

TEST-1: In tmpg set the output as 720x480 with a 16:9 flag in both source and output locations, saved tpr, made a vfapi, encoded in CCE with 16:9 set. The final result was a WAY stretched image. Basically equal to a 4:3 ??? (No clue here).


TEST-2: Used FITCD to create a avs file this time from the divx. Here is what it gave me:

LoadPlugin("C:\ADX\Virtualdub\MPEG2DEC.dll")
AviSource("E:\FANSUBS\Noir-Ep01.avi")
BicubicResize(688,382,1/3,1/3,18,0,604,378)
AddBorders(16,49,16,49)

I used this in CCE with flags set at 16:9 and the result was a mixture between 4:3 and 16:9. It was not NEARLY as stretched as it was in the first test above, but still, it definatly did not look like a widescreen movie. Probably +10 on top and bottom for the borders?


TEST-3: This time I opened the divx directly in vdub and resized to 720x405 with a 720x480 letterbox expand. Output to a huffy avi and used that as my input in CCE with the flags set at 16:9. Again, looked identical to the 2nd example.

TEST-4: Ok, my last possible thought. I resized in a avs file to 720x405 and used the addborders command of addboarders(0,37,0,38) and in CCE the flags were again set at 16:9. And again, it looked like example 2,3 on my tv.





BLAH. Bunch of crap if you ask me. I'm using CCE 2.50 and have no idea what the hell I'm doing wrong. Can someone please shed some light on my dilema?

Thanks in advance.

[Kb_cruncher]

The only thing i can thing of is that you have a 4:3 TV.If you do then you need to set that flag instead.

[LB]

Wow. Ok check this guys! I can't believe NO ONE has mentioned this so far. There is 100% NO WAY that spruce up will let you create a 16:9 DVD. It says so in the help file. I guess the flags in CCE do nothing to the final project. See, I was reading over on vcdhelp.com about this and they said that in maestro for example you have to SET the flags in that actual program. So I looked for that option in SpruceUp and this is what it said:

" DVD supports 4:3 (conventional TV) and 16:9 (widescreen) aspect ratios. 16:9 video is anamorphic, meaning it is compressed horizontally (things look skinny). A flag setting on the title triggers the end user’s player to expand the picture out to a real 16:9 aspect ratio. SpruceUp supports 4:3 only, but will import 16:9 video and process it as if it was 4:3 (playback will be as 4:3, not 16:9). "

Go figure eh? Well, there you have it. If you want widescreen, ya can't do it in spruce up. I'm gonna test this out in other authoring progams to see what the verdicts are there too. But I guess it would be cool if doom could post this in the spruce up guide because, unless I missed it, this can really screw with someones head. ;p

LB