Aspect Ratio Problem with DVD

[Jazzanini]

Hello,

I have been scratching my head over this one for a while, creating a bunch of DVD coasters in the process ! I hope someone here has some advice.

I have an AVI file which is a 608x320 DivX5.11, 25fps

I have converted it using Ulead MovieFactory to PAL 720x576, 16:9, as i would like to see the entire movie on not the 4:3 stretched and cut version. The file was too big so i used either DVD Shrink or Nero Recode 2 to fit it on a dvd followed by a burn. When i play the file on the PC, it is a 16:9 and it plays properly in a software dvd player but on my TV (32inch Sony Trinitron with Electrohome DVD Player) it fills the whole screen and is not letterboxed as i expected, so it looks just like a 4:3. What am i doing wrong ? Should i be converting the avi to 480x576 or 352x576 instead ?

Jazzanini

 

[celtic_druid]

Perhaps your DVD player is setup to zoom? If it plays ok on the PC then it looks like the 16:9 flag is set. Also you might want to use different software if Ulead won't let you accuratly set a bitrate... There should be no reason why you would need to encode and then transcode to hit a given filesize.

 

[Jazzanini]

Perhaps your DVD player is setup to zoom? If it plays ok on the PC then it looks like the 16:9 flag is set. Also you might want to use different software if Ulead won't let you accuratly set a bitrate... There should be no reason why you would need to encode and then transcode to hit a given filesize.

The DVD was not set in zoom. Is it possible that making the movie 720x576 like i did made it too big for the 32 inch tv screen ? Should i be making the movie with a smaller dimension like 480x576 or 352x576 instead to have it fitting on the screen with black letterbox bars ?

Jazzanini

 

[ChickenMan]

Pic size needs tyo be 720x576 for DVD compliance, but Ulead MovieFactory needs to be set to 16:9 Anamorphic Letterbox. It sounds like its setting it to 16:9 Anamorphic Pan&Scan. Not being a UFM user I have no idea how to change/adjust/etc to fix the problem. But then, I would be using The FilmMachine to do the conversion, it gets it right and with substantially better quality as well.