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I have used TMPGE to encode .mov files of varying resolutions to MPEG1 (320x240, 360x240, 400x300, 480x360). When choosing the Video Arrange Method in TMPGE I have tried to use the following rationale: if the .mov resolution is less than VCD size (352x240) in either dimension, I choose "Center Keep Aspect Ratio". If the .mov resolution is greater than VCD size in both dimensions, I choose "Full Size Keep Aspect Ratio.
My goal is to preserve as much quality in the .mov file by not allowing TMPGE to stretch a movie smaller than VCD resolution. Also I do not want to distort the movie, so I always choose the Keep Aspect Ratio options. Do the "rules" above make sense?
If so, I am confused by the following... After burning the VCD with Nero6, I play the VCD in my Panasonic DVD player and find that the movies seem to always be stretched to full size, even if I chose to center them in TMPGE.
For example, I encoded a .mov file with resolution of 320x240 four different ways:
1. Video Arrange Method = Center
2. Video Arrange Method = Center Keep Aspect Ratio
3. Video Arrange Method = Full Screen
4. Video Arrange Method = Full Screen Keep Aspect Ratio
Before burning these four .mpg files with Nero, I watched them with Windows Media Player and watched them from Nero by selecting the file and choosing play. Either way they look different as I expected. Black box all around the centered one and no black box around the full size one. But when I played them in the DVD player... all were full size!
Any ideas as to how I can correct this problem, or better suggestions on how to choose the video arrange mehthod? Thanks!
-Thomas
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