Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2006 10:04:38 +0000
From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] Margi DVD-To-Go problems
Okay... after doing a number of tests now, I have a few quick thoughts on
all this.
From: David Chien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Have you been successful yourself at transcoding widescreen 2:39:1
> anamorphic, letterboxed 720x480 video files to non-anamorphic,
> non-letterboxed video files that stretch to the full width of the
100/110's
> 800 pixel screen using Windows Media Player v6 David?
Hmmmm, the last time I came across a 2.39:1 movie was when?.....
I've actually only started accumulating DVDs, but 4 out of 36 have a 2.39:1
A/R
No, I haven't because all of the movies I've been watching are 16:9 or
4:3.
But it's just as easy to convert as 16:9 films.
1) Run DVD Decrypter to pull a region/protection free copy to the hard
drive
first for faster processing (otherwise, run AnyDVD for live rendering).
2) Get the latest DVDx 2.4 at www.videohelp.com.
3) Open the movie you want to convert. In the INPUT SETTINGs of DVDx
make
sure you have audio/video sync checked (otherwise, they'll be out of sync).
Select appropriate frame rate, etc. to match the original.
4) In the OUTPUT SETTINGs, here's where magic occurs.
Make sure you have FULL 16:9 or 4:3 selected for the output ratio
(not
letterboxed, not custom). This will stretch the video to fit the full
frame
you specify. Next specify the resolution. Here, you'll use a 2.39:1
ratio.
Thus, if you output a full 800xsomething pixel video, it'll be 800x334
setting. You can pick a lower setting such as 512x214 to fit the 2.39:1
ratio
if you so desire.
I've tried that several times now, and haven't been able to get DVDx to
output a video file that's not letterboxed. The only way I can get DVDx to
produce a non-letterboxed MPEG-1, 384x176 files is to use its cropping tool.
Here's a clip I've been testing. Can anyone else get DVDx to do what David
is describing?
http://rapidshare.de/files/18053459/SBClip02.mpg.html
5) Simply pick the codec you want, eg. Divx or Xvid,
Tho' Divx & Xvid will only play back on 300-400MHz CPUs, not our old
50/70/100/110 Libbys... right?
and make sure you don't resize, crop, etc.
I've only gotten DVDx to process that file above properly by 1st cropping
it. I haven't found any other program that will do that automatically
either.
what's being output from DVDx (this ensures you're getting
the full frame of the original). 1-pass, 1000-2000kbps will generally give
you
good quality across most movies, but you may need to adjust depending.
(see
www.cdfreaks.com and www.videohelp.com forums for help)
6) when you play back this video full-screen, the side-to-side will fit
the
full width of the 800 pixel screen, but the top-bottom will have
letterboxing
due to the dissimilar ratio. 2.39:1 is not the same as 800x480. (You can
stretch it vertically if you desire, simply adjust step 4 above to use a
800:480 ratio.)
7) Voila! done.
Okay... well DVDx is free, and I can get it to work. But its interface and
functionality are a bit funky & limited. I've just found TMPGEnc 3.0
XPress, and it seems to do just about everything I've been doing with a
number of applications:
http://tmpgenc.pegasys-inc.com/en/product/te3xp.html
Not free, but at US$ 58.00... it's quite a nice program. And again, I can
dump the complicated time consuming multi-application process I was happy
with up to finding it.
If there's any interest in how to use it I'll be glad to share what I know.
Matt ...Guess-we-got-Margi-To-Go, huh? Away at least! ;-P
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