making movies fit your tv

[chakotay2]

I am using TMPG to convert avi to SVCD. I am using aspect ratio of 4:3 Display and source aspect ratio of 4:3 525 NTSC. I am using the SVCD NTSC template and have tried several different video arrange methods...Full screen, full screen keep aspect, center, center keep aspect, no margins keep aspect, etc. I have even tried center custom size. I just can't seem to get movies to fit my TV screen correctly... and because I am using 2 pass VBR, it is a long time to re-encode the movie and try again. Can anyone Help? I have read how to's and they suggest full screen keep aspect ratio...but when burnt and played on my tv with a pioneer dv-444 it doesn't take the whole screen. When I use center custom size, I am not sure what size to use...when it looks good in tmpg it cuts off words on the sides when played on the tv. Please help!

[setarip]

Try setting "center (custom size)" to 352x288. Enter the same dimensions under the "Video" tab.

[girlfromthesun]

wide screen formatting..

Try these settings
Load vcd template(pal/ntsc)

Advanced Settings>
*Video arrange method> full screen(keep aspect ratio of 2)

*Source aspect ratio>4:3 (pal/ntsc)

It worked for me