well i saw several threads asking about aspect ratios though none fit the problem i have .. so here i am asking it ...
well the movies i burn have subtitles on them and when viewing it on my computer everything looks fine ... when i burn it to a dvd and watch it ... it cuts off a small portion of the outer part of the screen .. thus either cuttin off parts of the subtitles i have on them (the episodes are subbed so the subtitles aren't removeable or what-not) .. is there any way to fix this?
noir, the problem isn't the aspect ratio, it's the 640x480 file size.
If DivxtoDVD doesn't fix your problem you might try using VirtualDub to resize your files. Open your video file (make sure you have the right codec--Xvid worked just fine for me), select the resize filter (under video), change the size to 660x420, then select expand frame and enter 720X480. You may also want to select Bilinear for the filter mode. Click okay. Then (under video) select the compression codec (I use DVSoft), then save the file as .AVI, or, if you have multiple files to encode, repeat the above process for all your files, then save but select the option to process in batch mode. Be aware the files are going to be BIG so make sure you have at least 3GB free for each file you want to encode.
Once your files have been resized, you can use NeroVisionExpress to make a new DVD movie.
This is what works for me, and the video/audio quality is pretty decent. I tried using IMtoo to resize, but the result was not as good; blurring, especially in the subtitles made it almost unwatchable compared to the VDub reults.
But hey, if anyone has a better (and faster) solution, I'd love to be told I'm wrong. :)
