SVCD (letter ox) to DVD (widescreen) - How do you do it?

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  • rmhiggins
    Junior Member
    Junior Member
    • May 2002
    • 7

    SVCD (letter ox) to DVD (widescreen) - How do you do it?

    Hi all,

    Is there anyone out there that can help. I`ve got a film in SVCD format but it`s letter box screen and I`d like to convert it to widescreen or 16:9. I`d also prefer to put all 3 disks onto a DVD.

    Does anyone know how to do this and which software to use, (hopefully free downloadable software).

    I`m waiting with my fingers crossed.

    Cheers,
    Richard
  • reboot
    Digital Video Expert
    Digital Video Expert
    • Apr 2004
    • 695

    #2
    You will first have to re-encode the video with no letterboxing.
    You can then author it to dvd.
    Because you have to re-encode anyhow, you can make it dvd compliant at the same time.
    I would rip the mpeg's in ISO buster, then join them in virtualdubmod, crop the letterboxing, and frameserve to (insert favourite encoder here).
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    • rmhiggins
      Junior Member
      Junior Member
      • May 2002
      • 7

      #3
      Hi reboot,

      Thanks for your suggestions! I`ve got the software you`ve mentioned but I`m having trouble trying to find out how to rip the mpeg`s using ISObuster. Sorry to be a bit of a thick o, but can you talk me through it.

      Cheers, Richard

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      • reboot
        Digital Video Expert
        Digital Video Expert
        • Apr 2004
        • 695

        #4
        Going from memory...in ISO buster, right click on the AVISEQ and select "extract mf2 frames" (or something like that).
        This will produce the mpg.
        Open the mpg in virtualdubmod.
        Select video, filters, null transform.
        Click Cropping.
        Crop the top and bottom off, so you only see the actual movie in the right hand window.
        Frameserve it to your encoder.
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        • rmhiggins
          Junior Member
          Junior Member
          • May 2002
          • 7

          #5
          Hi Reboot,

          Thanks for your guidance. I`v managed to rip all 3 and crop them as you described (each one is now approx 28 gig byte) but am struggling to understand how to join them together using the virtualdubmod. Therefore I`m requesting your assistance once again. Please help!

          Thanks,
          Richard

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          • reboot
            Digital Video Expert
            Digital Video Expert
            • Apr 2004
            • 695

            #6
            Open the first, select file, append and browse for the second, do the same for the third.
            Now you can frameserve to your encoder to make the dvd. They will be joined.
            If you don't know how to frameserve, there are at least 3 good guides, one at doom9, one at videohelp.com, and (IIRC) there's one here...just google "virtualdub frameserve", and you get lots of hits.
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            • rmhiggins
              Junior Member
              Junior Member
              • May 2002
              • 7

              #7
              Hi reboot,

              Thanks again for your suggestoins. You`re a star!!!!!!

              After I managed to crop them all I did use the virtualdub to join them however it couldn`t get the frameserve thing to work, even after reading all the info on how to use it! I did it by using Intervideo WinDVD creator and burning it directly to a DVD.

              Thanks again for your help and advise and if anyonw else is reading this, then reboot is you man if you need any help.

              Cheers,
              RIchard

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              • reboot
                Digital Video Expert
                Digital Video Expert
                • Apr 2004
                • 695

                #8
                Glad you got it sorted.

                What were the problems with frameserving?
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