AVI2SVCD crops my movies?

[Pulver]

Im having a problem with aspect ratio converting with AVI2SVCD

My original AVI is 640x352 and Im watching on a 4:3 TV (Pal with Multi Pal/NTSC)

I want to end up with the same aspect ratio as when I watch the AVI in fullscreen - with black borders at the top and bottom.

I have converted with - 16:9(borders added, encoded as 4:3) but the result is bit streched (too small black bordes) and it is also cropped at the sides (!?)

I have been reading Q62 in the Q&A and tried several different resizes - for exampel:

SimpleResize(480,334)
AddBorders(0,121,0,121)

or:

BicubicResize(480,360,0.33,0.33)
AddBorders(0,60,0,60)
(found in LeeBears Guide (http://www.vcdhelp.com/forum/userguides/111846.php))

But the end result is always cropped at the sides - I can accept that it can be hard to find the right ratio and borders, but AVI2SVCD shouldn´t crop it - right?
Its just small crop - you can almost not see it if you dont compare to the original - but it´s very annoying when you know that there are more to see in the film :)

Any idea on what I´m doing wrong?

(using 1.1.0 build 1c)

[manono]

Hi-

AVI2SVCD isn't cropping. You're losing picture on the left and right because of your TV's overscan. The way to fix that is to add black to the left and right. FitCD is the best program I've found to give you the correct AddBorders for fixing that problem. Not all televisions overscan by the same amount though, so you may have to experiment. But I believe that most (including mine) steal about 16 pixels from both the left and right sides.

[Pulver]

Ah, thanx for clearing that out!
I will try the FitCD program.
:)

edit:
Isnt it strange though that this never happens when I convert from DVD in DVD2SVCD?