Question about 4:3 to 16:9 Conversion

[Gunner-GoNad]

Hello. I have a question on 4:3-16:9 Conversion. It's not a bug or anything. I was wondering if the movie I am converting (NTSC) is already small enough to fit on a DVD, is a total rencode needed, or can I just use the transcoder and save time. Now time isn't that important when it comes to quality. So my questions should be, would there be any quality difference between the transcoder in DVD-RB, or CCE SP 2.7 when converting NTSC DVD5 4:3 to 16:9?

-Thanks
-Gunner-GoNad!

[Rockas]

No... you can't use a transcoder to do that.
You'll have to re-encode the all movie again.

[NobbyNobbs]

By transcoder, I think the original poster means using ReJig with DVDRb.:D

I think that would be possible, as the 4:3-16:9 Conversion is done by AviSynth, not the encoder/transcoder.

[Rockas]

No... you can't do it with ReJig or any other transcoder... that would be nice wouldn't it?
But no... it's impossible... ReJig won't take the "resize" parameter.

[jdobbs]

The ReJig option doesn't run the files through AVISYNTH -- it can't as it is a within-the-compressed-domain transcoder.

[NobbyNobbs]

Answered before I started thinking (at work before the first cup of coffe) :o

I hope I would have known this if I had tought it trough:D

[jdobbs]

:cool:

[godhead]

So can the resize be done using the No Compression (100% Video) option of the newer builds? I started doing one and it appears that when I view the AVS files in MPC generated during the prepare code that the video has been cropped of the black bars. Guess I'll go ahead and doa rebuild of the disc and find out for myself.

[godhead]

Ok, doesn't work. I should have probably thought that through a little more. How is just creating the AVS and rebuilding going to resize the video? Duh!

Anyway, please excuse my brain fart and return you to your regular scheduled programming.

[jdobbs]

Just as a refresher for everyone else... in order to resize you have to reencode -- so "No Compression" or ReJig compression can't work.