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That's exactly what I was told somewhere else. And it seems to be the case since I have yet to successfully get my DVD player to perform the letterboxing for me.
I have been doing some tests that may not necessarily be applicable to VCD but more to SVCD or XSVCD. I have been playing with the latter since it seems that I can get closer to what I want.
I created a MPEG2 file that originates from my DV cam and it is in pseudo-anamorphic format (i.e. vertically stretched). I used TMPGenc to do the encoding.
When I play the MPEG2 video using Windows Media Player, the correct aspect ratio is displayed. That is, Windows Media Player is performing the letterboxing.
When I use Ulead's DVD MovieFactory or DVD Workshop to author and burn the CD and play the result inmy television, I get the tall and skinny effect. That is, my DVD player does not recognize it as anamorphic and perform the letterboxing.
When I use Nero and burn the same file and play it back on my television, this time my DVD player displays the video with the correct aspect ratio but it crops the left and right of the image. That is, it is using the full height to display the video.
Becuase of this, I have a suspicion that there's a flag somewhere that is being set to allow the player to determine what to do with the video.
Can anyone confirm or deny this? I have not been successful at finding detail information about the structure of the files that are burned on the CD. For instance, does anyone know the contents of the INFO.SVD file?
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 1. March 2002 @ 18:27
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