16:9 to 4:3 conversion to keep aspect ratio etc

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crashdmj

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18. July 2008 @ 21:59

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Hello everyone,
I have scoured the net and this site to find a solution to my problem. I have been using convertxtodvd and love the quality it produces taking varying movie formats on the pc and converting them to DVD. However, I frequently watch anime and it cuts off varying amounts of subtitles no matter what setting I select under "video resize method" or "TV format". I have also tried messing with the user cropping and padding to offset this but having to set it for each video via "eyeballing" it produces mixed results. I have also tried every setting within two standalone DVD player's settings with the aforementioned convertxtodvd settings to no avail. Is there any other quality program to help me make the transition. Stated another way is there a program that will take any video regardless of aspect ratio (16:9 etc) and letterbox it to fit the entire video for my viewing pleasure on my cruddy TV. I should also mention that I have a standard TV (no widescreen or HD = oldschool). I apologize if I used any terms in the wrong manner or if this solution is easy and I somehow overlooked it. Thank you.

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attar

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19. July 2008 @ 11:04

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Normally you would leave the aspect ratio on 'Automatic' and the standalone player would put a wide-screen video in a letterbox to suit your TV screen - but it may be that the problem is the subs have not been positioned properly to begin with..

All I can think of is to use 'VirtualDub-MPEG2' (if the source files are AVI) and place a frame around the video before it gets converted by ConvertX and hope that the subs don't fall below the frame.
It would mean that the AVI would have to be recompressed and you would have to judge whether the quality has suffered.

Load/drag the file into 'Virtual-DubMPEG2'.
Click File => File Information and note the Video frame size and codec used.
Click Video => Full Compression =>Filters => Add => Resize.
Double click on the filter and adjust frame size.
Insert the real size from 'file information'.
(The amount of pixels added, maintains the aspect ratio in the lower part of the box and should be multiples of 16).
Click OK when satisfied.

Click Video => Compression and choose XviD.
Click File => Save as AVI.

http://www.videohelp.com/tools/Virtualdub-MPEG2