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**ChickenMan** · 10-11-2003

Yes you are corect, almost no DivX are in 720x576 (thats for PAL) as almost no movies are in full screen 4:3 format (kids cartoons, TV movies and old movies) But a typical 16:9 widescreen DivX would have 720x416 (again I'm only talking PAL here) If you added a black bar top and bottom it would playback on a PC monitor as a full screen 720x576 but the picture occupieng the 720x416 area only.

If you follow my Tutorial ( http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread....threadid=61142 and soon to be updated) and always select in DVD2SVCD for Aspect Ratio the Anamorphic (no borders, encoded as 16:9) option then it will always keep the aspect ratio of the final encode correct. This is all assuming the original AVI plays back on the PC with correct aspect ratio in the first place.

In simple terms, if the avi on PC playback needs tyo add in ANY size black bars to and bottom to get full screen playbck, then ALWAY select the Anamorphic (no borders, encoded as 16:9) option and NEVER the defaulted 4:3 (no borders, encoded as 4:3) option. I cannot ever see why the 3rd option of 16:9(borders added, encoded as 4:3) would ever be selected.

Hope that helps.

10-11-2003	#2 (permalink)
ChickenMan Senior Moderator Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Oz Posts: 2,646	Yes you are corect, almost no DivX are in 720x576 (thats for PAL) as almost no movies are in full screen 4:3 format (kids cartoons, TV movies and old movies) But a typical 16:9 widescreen DivX would have 720x416 (again I'm only talking PAL here) If you added a black bar top and bottom it would playback on a PC monitor as a full screen 720x576 but the picture occupieng the 720x416 area only. If you follow my Tutorial ( http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread....threadid=61142 and soon to be updated) and always select in DVD2SVCD for Aspect Ratio the Anamorphic (no borders, encoded as 16:9) option then it will always keep the aspect ratio of the final encode correct. This is all assuming the original AVI plays back on the PC with correct aspect ratio in the first place. In simple terms, if the avi on PC playback needs tyo add in ANY size black bars to and bottom to get full screen playbck, then ALWAY select the Anamorphic (no borders, encoded as 16:9) option and NEVER the defaulted 4:3 (no borders, encoded as 4:3) option. I cannot ever see why the 3rd option of 16:9(borders added, encoded as 4:3) would ever be selected. Hope that helps. __________________ Cheers, CM Please don't PM me with technical questions, use the Forum, that's what it's here for.