TMPGEnc MPEG2 Encoding Beginner Question...

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botchka

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Sorry if this questions sounds VERY dumb to so many of you...
I tried encoding an AVI I captured from my Sony DV to MPEG2 with TMPGEnc. The result came out at a ratio which is 'vertical'... meaning, the ratio was more pixels vertically than horizontally. I asked for Full Screen encoding and I recall this was the sesolution that TMPGEnc picked with the wizard but the original AVI was not like that and I certainly don't wish it to come out like that... what was I doing wrong?
TIA
 
teutonu

teutonu

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go visit h++p://www.svcdhelp.com
it is amazing how much you can learn there. Maybe you will soon find the answer to your question. Hope I could help.
 
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botchka

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Thanks. But my question is even more basic than that.

Thanks m8,
I read the tutorials and went to other sites mentioned there as well. I believe my question is even more basic than that...

I realize that the encoding resolution is 480x480 or something else, that is according to the Wizard of TMPGEnc. BUT, when you play a DVD or any other video, you expect to play it at the same ratio it was recorded... When I play the resulting TMPGEnc encoded video file with, for example, Windows Media Player it indeed plays it as 480x480 or even worse , with a vertical resolution that is more than the horizontal one... so it comes out streched. Not in the ratio it was DV shot.

Can anyone please help me understand this?
THANKS!
 
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CDrZeus

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MediaPlayer isn't intelligent enough to know that the image is supposed to be scaled across the screen. If you continue to author a project with your MPEG file, it may well turn out just fine when it is played bacik as the finished project, with correct proportions/scaling.

CDrZeus.
 
ChickenMan

ChickenMan

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What you have made is at SVCD standards (480x480 NTSC or 480x576 PAL) As mentioned Widows Media Player cannot by default play these files correctly without some svcd compliant decoder. The best is WinDVD 4, it will play them back at the correct aspect ratio.
 
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