how do u resize ur avi???

[moneylee]

will i just got a Philips DVP642 just to burn my anime AVI files on a DVD cd to watch.. but my anime subtitles are getting cut off on the bottom.... anyone know a easy way to add those black borders?? and keep the file from going over 200mb, cuz my anime files are only 170mb... and plz, if u tell me how to do it.. tell it in a noob way.. im just to noobie

[LordRPI]

This is a known issue issue with the DVP-642, but only when the anime has a certain resolution. You can find some suggestions here (http://forums.divx.com/viewtopic.php?topic=61920&forum=21) .

[AsTimeGoesBy]

My question is rather of general resizing nature...


Often i resize my DVDs to 720x320 or 720x408 before encoding
(after cropping black borders).
On (old) TV they normally look good, but on bigger CRTs/LCDs
they lose quality, i guess too many dots have to be interpolated
to reach the full-screen resolution of 1280x1024.

So I like to maintain more image inforamation before encoding.
Maintaining height 1:1 and streching width would be a possibility,
but i guess i would need >3Mbit/s to encode that in good quality
and at the end i only save 1-2GB compared to the original VOB file.

Now, would it be useful to resize DVDs e.g. on 800x352 or 920x400
instead of 720x320?
Will this cause any problems i can't see yet?


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Edit: (I couldn't wait any longer i have made my own look-around)
So a resolution of 800x352 or 920x400 will be riskful due to incompatibility.
The 'MediaTek 1389??' or 'Vibratto II' / 'Vibratto S' are common decoder chips,
for stand-alone devices, but they will only allow a max. resolution of 720x576.

[Blue_MiSfit]

check out some of the posts on this sort of thing in the XviD forum.

There are many ways to resize before encoding, and although it does increase bitrate and thus filesize, the quality improvment on a good LCD or similarly demanding viewing device is well worth it IMHO :)

We've been doing 720p high-def rips for awhile now! :)

Some tips

1) Use Lanczos4Resize when you're upsizing. It tends to be a bit sharper (and slower) than other methods

2) If you can stomach it, use "iip"(integrated image processor). This is a super intense upscaling AVS script that will bring your computer to its knees. I have never been able to get it working properly, but you may have more success.

in regards to your edit, if you are targeting a hardware player, please keep the resolution below 720x___, most chipsets b0rk with anything higher :)

~misfit

[Timur3D]

I have the same problem as moneylee but unfortunately the link that LordRPI gives is dead. Would somebody please post that link again.
Thank you