HELP! When I convert my avi-mpeg, the widescreen does not stay!Video is Squished!

[nitesite8]

YES I dinally figured out how to rip DVD and make VCD's from them. I used Clan to rip the .vob files. Then I used DVD2MPEG to save the video and audio input, then I used TMPGEnc to convert those video and audio inputs to one big mpeg file. Its great!

Also, when I Dl an .avi movie, and convert using TMPGEnc, it works pretty good except sometimes the picture goes like off the screen on the left side. So you can see where the side of the right side of the picture ends but you cant see the side of the left side becuase its off the tv. Does anyone know how to fix that or is that just a crappy .avi??

[nirvaishali]

I created teh avi file using FLASKMpeg with 48000Hz. When I open this file in virtualdub it sayd 'Reconstructing missing index block' followed by a warining '.....seeking file may be slow'. Is this normal or Am I doing something wrong?

Thanks

[dj_me2]

VirtualDub solution to croped DivX files converting to VCD/SVCD

Okay...it seems there is another solution that I use for that problem...just discovered it tonight while I was browsing about. I have yet to see any documentation on this method however. Seems a lot of DivX movies are croped for 16:9 format and this causes a problem when using one of the auto encoding VCD Recorders (Nero 5.x.x.x is mine). The video is stretched to the full size of the screen in 4:3 format. To over come this and minimize the time it takes, I use VirtualDub's resize filter. What you do is as follows:
1. Open the avi file in VirtualDub.
2. Click on the Video menu and make sure is says full processing mode.
3. Click on the video menu and choose filters.
4. Click on the Add button. Select Resize and choose Ok.
5. The resize window will open up and give you options to change the video size and have default values. Change these default values to whatever the current video size is. My example video size is 576x240. It is best not to actually resize the video as you are going to have to recompress the whole thing anyway.
6. Check the check box that is labled "expand frame and letterbox image"
7. Math is required here..and depending on wether you are using PAL or NTSC. The formulas are as follows:
NTSC is (x/y)=(352/240) and PAL is (x/y)=352/288) where x is the current width of the film.
8. In my example I'll use 576 for my film width. Currently it is 240 high. Were gonna resize and letter box it to a standard NTSC ratio. So to the math X=576 (576*240)/352=y now keep in mind that for most of the divx codecs y has to be divisible evenly by 8. Y=392.727272~ 392 is the size I will use as it is divisible evenly by 8. Set Frame width to 576 and fram height to 392. And Click ok ok ok whatever..lol
9. Click the audio menu and choose direct stream copy.
10. Click the video menu and choose compression. Select the codec that was originally used for the movie if availible, and since this is only gonna be a temp file for most, if you have the drive space availible, set a real high bitrate. You won't increase quality this way, but you will avoid decreasing it. I use 1200. This may also help to speed up the process ????
11. Now click file and save as AVI and choose your output filename. This re-encode only takes bout 2.5 hours for a full length movie on my system may take more or less on yours.
12. when the file is done, check it and then burn it to VCD.

Please keep in mind that this is only one of many possible solutions, and may not be the best one. But if you are already familiar with VirtualDub and too lazy to learn something new like me..hehe...then this works great. "Hope this helps somebody out there" -- Thinnus Polard. If I am wrong in any of my technical jargon above, somebody please correct me. But it worked well for me.

DJ

More: Okay this worked for a couple of movies and didn't for one now. AV Sync problem. Double check your frame rates and do full processing of audio to PCM to correct this. DO A TEST before doing the whole file..usually 5000-10000 frames should be enough.

[nitesite8]

dj_me2:

Was your last response answering my question or the other guy's question?? I cant tell