Problem encoding divx to dvd with CCE and avisynth

[ohm]

I have read the guide on this site and the problem is when I view the divx in gspot it says it is 1:85:1 so i made the avisynth script as it should be ,
EXAMPLE:

LoadPlugin("H:\here\MPEG2DEC.dll")
avisource("H:\Starwars.avi")
BicubicResize(720,352)
AddBorders(0,104,0,104)
ResampleAudio(44100)

The BicubicResize should be 720,352 according to the guide. It encodes fine, but the problem I have is when I try to import to maestro it says that it is a Pal file and do I want to force my settings from ntsc to pal.

Why is it encoding as pal?

[ronnylov]

You are adding 104 pixels black border on top and on bottom of the 352 pixels of picture. This will give you a final resolution of 720x560 and this is not a valid resolution in the DVD standard.

If you want NTSC then you should use one of the DVD resolutions:
720x480, 704x480, 352x480 or 352x240

You must also use a valid frame rate for NTSC (23.976 with pulldown I think is valid for NTSC, I live in a PAL country so I may be wrong).

You may want to try a tool called FitCD that makes the resizing easier, it can create an avisynth script for you. The program is intended for SVCD creation but can also be used for resizing to DVD. (Normally I resize to 704 pixels width because why use the 720 pixels resolution when it still only use 704 pixels for the picture?)

With FitCD you should set source aspect ratio to 1:1 (thats normal for divx) and destination asåect ratio to 4:3 or 16:9 depending on what you want.

[zeus163]

I'm a total noob on this subject, but I just did a similar encode today using the same guide. However, the resize you are using is for the example that doom9 used which was different then what you are setting up. Mine too was different. I think if you did something like this:
BicubicResize(720,352)
AddBorders(0,64,0,64)

you'll get what you want. The two 64's added together plus 352 should get your 480. You'll also have to run pulldown to change the frame rate to 29.(whatever it is...can't recall off the top of myhead). When I did that, my files were accepted into ReelDVD. The funny thing is, the files I created in avi2svcd--dvd settings (DVD2svcd) were pulled in to Maestro fine, but not in ReelDVD. Go figure...