Aspect Ratio Conversion

[sfheath]

Originally posted by dvddimwit
Besides...where's "here"? I like talking to folks around the globe. Opens my mind and takes me back...

Yep, I get a great kick out of this too .. spend far too much work time doing it too

.. but I gotta side with Crash on this. DVD quality is only evident on a larger screen be it CRT, LCD, plasma, projected. We have a 32" CRT and I still want to go bigger.

[dvddimwit]

I can understand how I may appear to be, "Crash", but it's really more of a desire and a hobby of wanting to achieve at something not a whole lot folks are willing to try! For me, going out and purchasing one of those tubes is just like admitting defeat and/or quitting. I don't have either one of those in me. I have to give you credit...you're pretty close to what I spent for my collection. I shop mostly in the membership warehouses and there, from time to time, I'm able to pick up a multipak of anywhere between 6-10 DVD movies, thus making them individually inexpensive. Plus from time to time, I receive military discounts. All to all, it's taken me about 8 years or so to accumulate. I'm going to keep trying, ol' buddy! I'm going to try to master this...

Good to Hear from ya

[Crash Override]

I hear you can watch full frame movies on a widescreen set. That's an idea -- you can buy a widescreen set and still have your film cropping hobby! But then you'll have those pesky vertical bars to worry about.... Of course at that point you could have the hobby of going through your VHS collection and turning the full frame movies into widescreen by cropping off the top and bottom of the picture! I imagine even fewer people have tried that......

Just giving you a hard time.

[dvddimwit]

That's ok... I appreciate a bud like that...

Hey, I'll keep you updated about my progress, (if I make any that is), if you want.

[Crash Override]

Sure. Actually, let me know if you need any help with Premiere, I've used it quite a bit.

[dvddimwit]

Here's what I've done up to this point...

I backed up a movie using Shrink, authored it to main mov only which was about 3.9 gig. Used Dr. Divx and converted the MPEG2 to AVI. Ran the AVI through "videoperspective" to change the ratio to 4:3. Opened up Nero to reconvert it back and was informed that the size exceeded the DVD5 size and that a DVD9 devise was not detected on my machine...also when I ran the converted flick, it was of poor quality, all the way...vidoe and sound. I dump it...now I think I'll try another method...like Premiere. I ain't quittin! Talk at cha later...

[dvddimwit]

Crash...

I installed the "Premiere"... When I opened the program up, I felt like a "cropduster pilot" sitting in the pilot's seat in one of our shuttles!!! I have never seen so many controls before in my life!!! Don't know where to begin or how. I'm going to log onto Adobe to see if I can find a users guide. If you want, send me a PM and I'll give you my email address, atleast this way we won't use up a load of forum space.

Thanks...

[decryptit]

16:9 ----->4:3

Panscan or Zoom 4x or 9x

Check your remote or give in the name of your player.

[decryptit]

Crash...

I installed the "Premiere"... When I opened the program up, I felt like a "cropduster pilot" sitting in the pilot's seat in one of our shuttles!!! I have never seen so many controls before in my life!!! Don't know where to begin or how. I'm going to log onto Adobe to see if I can find a users guide. If you want, send me a PM and I'll give you my email address, atleast this way we won't use up a load of forum space.

Premiere has many options which may mix up your mind.It depends on what you want.if you just installed it to see what is it about go ahead and have lots of fun.if you intend to do some kind
of project then you''l need a guide or else pm if you have a pariculat problem perhaps i may help,

[dvddimwit]

Decryptit....

Yeah...I sure can use some assistance. I am trying to change the Aspect Ratio of some of my DVD movies. Trying to change from 16:9 to 4:3, full-screen version. I was informed that in order to accomplish this the ripped back-up must first be converted to AVI, doing this I used Dr. DivX. Then I ran the AVI conversion through a program called "videoperspective" to change the ratio. The finished product "sucked", the motion of the video was "choppy", to say the least, not clear and the audio sounded like it was being tranmitted through a wall. "Junk" that's all it was, so I dumped it. I downloaded a "trail" copy of "Premiere" through the recommendation from another forum contact and installed it. Now, that's were my statement you copied and paste, comes in. When I opened up premiere I tried to input the video files as instructed. The raw MPEG2's would not be recognized and I tried the AVI converted rip, I was informed by "premiere" that the file was too large and that a DVD9 peripheral was not found on my machine. I was told that the file I was trying to use was about 7 gigs in size, although it shows only 3.8 gigs on my hard drive. So, right now I'm at a dilemma... taking a break, so to speak, trying to figure what to do next.

Any assistance you may render in reference to this, would be greatly appreciated. It seems that "Premiere" is some real nice software, but for me, it's complicated.

Thank you for your post...

[decryptit]

Its not only for you compicated infact premiere is not designed for
changing aspect ratio's etc espacially dumping large files more than 4gb it would take hours to acomplish the process and the end result would not be very good.

If you intent changing aspect ratio's forget Premire thats my first suggetion.
I found gk quite usefull for changing aspect ratio's infact tou can do that either putting in your customised aspect ratio or set smart crop.To tell you the truth i won't always work you can just try it out.

[decryptit]

Your Quote:
The raw MPEG2's would not be recognized and I tried the AVI converted rip, I was informed by "premiere" that the file was too large and that a DVD9 peripheral was not found on my machine. I was told that the file I was trying to use was about 7 gigs in size, although it shows only 3.8 gigs on my hard drive. So, right now I'm at a dilemma... taking a break, so to speak, trying to figure what to do next.

I assume that you are using the FAT32 file system.Itwoun't handle files bigger than 4g and therefore you will end up with
3.8g.Split your Vob's using software like DVD decrypter.Smartripper etc.
Go here:

http://www.dvddecrypter.com

[dvddimwit]

Yes...I'm using the Fat32 system w/ xp home, 80 gig drive partitioned 60/20. Do you recommend that I use the NTSF instead? I used DVD shrink to rip, authored (movie only). I have smartrip & decrypter. I found that shrink does a better job for me.


Thank you for your post.

[dvddimwit]

Decryptit wrote:

If you intent changing aspect ratio's forget Premire thats my first suggetion.
I found gk quite usefull for changing aspect ratio's infact tou can do that either putting in your customised aspect ratio or set smart crop.To tell you the truth i won't always work you can just try it out.
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Decryptit could you tell me either by post or PM what "gk" is?

Thank you.

[decryptit]

Gordian Knot


Yes i would recommend to use ntfs its 100times better.
But if you are just using it for ripping and home use then fat32
migh aswell be enough.

All you need to rip your movie using dvd decrypter , smartripper
or vstrip.

then make sure yo uset DVD SHRINK TO SPLIT VOBS INTO 1gb otherwise it may create too big files for fat32.