AR in DVD2AVI

[sergey]

I use DVD2AVI v. 1.76 to create d2v for further creation of VCD with TMPGEnc. When I load VOBs into DVD2AVI stats window shows that AR is 16:9, but preview window displays it as 4:3. I could not find where to change this settings, so I thought that that was just a preview, but TMPGEnc takes it as 4:3 AR and produces 4:3 video. What do I do wrong? Please, help.

[hakko504]

2 reasons: DVD2AVI isn't always right about the aspect ratio DVD2AVI's preview window will not resize the video but display it as the originally stored 720x480/576. The aspect ratio is only a parameter telling the decoder how to resize the video.

[sergey]

Thank you.
So, what can I do to get d2v file with the right aspect ratio? So that I could use it in Tmpgenc right away without creating a resized avi.
Thanks.

[hakko504]

Now, I'm not using TMPEG, but I think the .d2v should be OK, it's just a matter of changing the DAR parameter in TMPEG when you encode the video.

[atreides93]

by the way if you're using the wizard in tmpegenc, you have to load the unlock.mcf settings, so it will let you change the DAR and other things....just change the DAR to 16:9 or 4:3 depending on your source.

[jorel]

maybe it help too:

after you save your .d2v,
make a script in notepad(with size,dlls,etc),
saves as .avs
and open this in tmpgenc.
;)

[rickten]

hmmmmm, I don't want to take the thread off topic or anything but I'm currently trying to encode "Reality Bites" and DVD2AVI is telling me that it is 4:3 and when it displays the picture in its window everything is badly squished. When I encode using a 4:3 aspect ratio it definetly looks wrong. When I encode using a 16:9 aspect ratio it plays correctly. I don't want to say 100% that DVD2AVI is wrong in this case because there could be some obscure thing going on with my computer but I'll say that I"m 95% sure that DVD2AVI is wrong or there is simply something strange going on with the dvd itself.

[jorel]

hi rickten,welcome! :)

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;)

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[manono]

Hi ricten-

According to This (http://us.imdb.com/DVD?0110950), the R1 Reality Bites is anamorphic widescreen (=16:9). So if you have the R1 version, then you've discovered one of the rare instances where DVD2AVI is wrong. It's sometimes a good idea to confirm its findings at Amazon.com or IMDB. Another thing you can do is to open the .d2v in GKnot and switch around between 4:3 and 16:9 to see which looks "normal". But you can't tell just by looking at the video in DVD2AVI as it hasn't been resized yet.

[jggimi]

In DVD2AVI, it can be confusing, because with commercial DVDs as input you're looking at square pixels of 720x480 (1.5:1) or 720x576 (1.25:1). The DAR of 4:3 or 16:9 won't change that.

[rickten]

Originally posted by manono
Hi ricten-

According to This (http://us.imdb.com/DVD?0110950), the R1 Reality Bites is anamorphic widescreen (=16:9). So if you have the R1 version, then you've discovered one of the rare instances where DVD2AVI is wrong. It's sometimes a good idea to confirm its findings at Amazon.com or IMDB. Another thing you can do is to open the .d2v in GKnot and switch around between 4:3 and 16:9 to see which looks "normal". But you can't tell just by looking at the video in DVD2AVI as it hasn't been resized yet.

thanks for the help on confirming the aspect ratio through other means. I found it very odd that DVD2AVI had reported the wrong AR which is why I posted. I've never had to post previous to this because I've been able to find everything using the search function but I thought I would jump in with the exception that I found to see if I was just dreaming that DVD2AVI was wrong this time or what.