resizing to VCD and aspect ratio (confusion)

[Flexy]

hi,

my videos come as 640x480 which is an 1.333 aspect.

I want to resize them to 352x240 (NTSC VCD) to encode to MPG, using CCE or whatever.
But 352x240 is 1.46666667 aspect

) the video of course should keep the right aspect

So i used VDUBMod and did some calculations and cropped 22 pixels on top and 22 pixels on bottom of my 640x480 vids. Makes a 640x436 vid which would be the right aspect for VCD. Then i resize this to 352x240 for VCD. Aspect should be the same.

The weird thing is that playing these vids on the computer and also on TV they are NOT shown in the right aspect but they get 'stretched' vertically.

I just want to resize my 640x480 to 352x240 NTSC VCD keeping the right aspect ratio. HOW ???


Thanks !

[Abond]

For CCE I would suggest an AviSynth script with correct resizing values, which you can get from FitCD. If you want to use "whatever" I would suggest TMPG with NTSC VCD template. In Advanced Settings select "Full screen (keep aspect ratio)"

[Kedirekin]

Don't do any cropping - just resize it to 352x240.

VCDs are scaled on playback (by the player) to 4:3.

[jggimi]

Kedirekin is correct. Your computer uses square pixels. But unlike your computer, VCD, SVCD, and DVD use non-square pixel shapes.