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If the source is 16:9 and the output is for DVD then you should always encode as 16:9.
The will give a much better quality picture as the resolution is not wasted on black bars. It will also give the user a choice of which format he prefers when viewing.
Thanks very much, that's what I'll do then. I may have to come back here to ask what settings I should use in TMPGenc if I can't work it out for myself.
I may have to do this the long way round but if there's a quick way:
The video file I have is 4:3 with black bands top and bottom. What I need to do is remove the black bands and resize the 16:9 picture in the middle to 720x576.
I can do this if I crop the picture and then choose the right output format, but is there a way of getting TMPGenc to automatically produce an output video which removes the black bands and resizes the 16:9 to be an anamorphic 4:3 video?
No, you have to use TMPG to crop the bars out first. You will need to set the input aspect ratio to 4:3 and the output ratio to 16:9 and obviously the output resolution will have to be the standard DVD resolution.
One final question I can't find the answer to. Given that a PAL DVD is 720 x 576 pixels for a normal 4:3 aspect ratio what is the vertical height in pixels for 16:9?
It depends on what you mean.
A 16:9 DVD resolution is still 720x576, but because of the 16:9 flag that is encoded with the MPEG data the image will be resized to the correct aspect ratio by the DVD palyer otherwise the image would be stretched as you could imagine.
The actual height of the image when the correct aspect ratio is applied would infact be 432 with the rest being padded with black bars by the DVD player.
And finally, many thanks indeed for your advice. I ran two encodes overnight on a 16:9 file with black bands top and bottom. The encode was to change the 8MB/S bitrate to 3.5MB/S so the whole video would fit on a DVD.
Version 1 was a straight forward encode, version 2 cropped the picture to 16:9 to remove the black bands and then resized to anamorphic 4:3. I then burned a test DVD with clips from each version.
I was amazed at how very much better the quality was of the anamorphic version. I suppose it should have been obvious because having the black bands in the MPEG and VOB meant that nearly half the space was taken up with black bands as opposed to picture information.
I just wanted to pass this on to anyone else doing something similar: If your picture is 16:9 for DVD it's definitely worth artificically making it anamorphic.
Because then I have to install it on my 80 workstations here at work, so the artists can render it all out, and then I would have to post it on our FTP so our clients can install it.
So that would be somewhere near 100 people installing it. And I would likely have to get on the phone with most of the clients to help them install it.
Ie, its not going to happen. Hence, I need a way to get MOVs out of TMPGEnc, or I have to find another program to do it.
You seem to have misunderstood the point. You should check things out before making assumptions like that.
You don't need to install the 3IVX codec on every machine. The 3IVX codec can encode to the Quicktime format which will be compatible with existing Quicktime 6 codecs and players which I assume you already have installed on your machines.
Here is a clip from the 3IVX website:
>MPEG-4 Video encoded with the 3ivx QuickTime codec is playable by the Apple MPEG-4 Decoder built into and shipped with every copy of QuickTime 6.
hi.
very weird, I'm using TMPGenc 2.521 to encode.
if I encode a vcd its all fine, but if I encode it in svcd it chops about half a second off the end, i'm using the exact same source range of the original avi.. any suggestions?
Before, it used to burn really well in TDA. But I started to install several authoring/burning trial programs recently because TDA could not match my needs for subtitles. But I found it didn't work well so I removed the programs. But now, after authoring in TDA, the DVD Writing Tool does not recognize my DVD drive. I usually insert a DVD+RW into the disc before clicking the "Open DVD Writing Tool" button. But it still won't recognize it after a considerable amount of time. The drop-down menu for the drive list is empty. When I try to click "Burn" or "Erase", it says "Drive is not ready."
Please help! I can burn fine in Nero. Other programs that uses the same drive works well as well. What's the problem?
There is a conflict problem between DVD writers.
It is a common problem. Uninstall TDA once, and re-install it.
After that you should be able to use TDA's DVD writer.
It seems that in most cases, it is not posiible to use several DVD writers
in parallel.
Hey all. I am wondering, what can one do to remove the "tinny" sound that you get after encoding a video? I have tried using an external MP2 encoder (SCMPX) and in fact get the exact same result. I haven't been able to find any of the other supported encoders (and believe me, I've looked) and even if I try a manual re-sampling with SCMPX, I still get the "tinny" sound in the final product. My source video definitely doesn't already have this effect present. Does anyone know what I am missing here? I get the feeling it's something simple that I just don't see. :) Thanks!
I've just downloaded the tmpgenc free version and encoded my first movie. I have two problems;
1. The sound is not there. I'm encoding a divx film to vcd/pal format. The encoding goes well, i.e. the mpeg file is generated but there's no sound during playback on my computer. What am I doing wrong? I try to set the audio source to the same file (the divx original file) as the video source but the tmpgenc does not accept it.
2. I burn it as a pure data file to an 80 min CD-R disc but my DVD player (region free) which can handle VCD movies does not accept it. Annoying.
i have 2 pc. the same file in 1st, enconded ok with out error.
in the second i take the error: Write error occurred at address 00182c11 of module 'TMPGEnc.exe' with 002A313C
the hardware of the pc with the error:
motherboard gigabyte 8I875 ultra
memory 2x256MB cas2,5 Kingston
vga gigabyte ati 9200
This is weird. In TMPGEnc Plus, I opened my AVI file which is 23,976fps. I set it as that in the Settings menu. But in the Source Range, at the top it says 30fps and the frame numbers are all wrong. Why is it always 30fps? I can't change it.
But, the outputted MPEG-2 has some panning problems. The panning does not move smoothly. This is really noticeable in the fast panning scenes. However, in the normal scenes of the characters, it's not noticeable at all. Why is this?
The reason I set it at 23.976fps (internally 29.97) and 3:2 pulldown when playback is because in the tutorial I followed, they say that if the source is 23.976, then to use those settings. Here is the tutorial I used: