I am trying to convert AVI to mpeg. The conversion goes ok but the picture either stretches(faces long) or smashes(faces fat) the picture. The avi movies are wide screen. I have tried Cucusoft and TMPGEnc.
I have noticed that the movies are not all the same. I guess it was how each one was ripped from the DVD to avi. Below are three movies that I want to convert.
Mind Hunter 592 X 320.
Serenity 512 X 208.
The Cave 640 X 272.
What can I do so the converted Mpeg will be the same aspect the avi?
In the wizard in TMPGEnc, page 3 - Other Settings>Advanced>Video Arrange Method - select Full Screen (keep aspect ratio). On the first page, I select 16.9 but I have a widescreen TV and have read it doesn't need selecting, usually. I am not familar with Cucosoft
I don't know why Cucosoft would open your file and TMPGEnc won't. Try this: open TMPGEnc, close wizard, main page>options>environmental setting>VFAPI plugin and raise DirectShow Multimedia File Reader to 2 by right clicking it and raising its priority until its 2. It may also be a codec issue and I have yet to see a problem opening any file with the Kazaa lite codec pack. if you use it, make sure any other codecs are uninstalled first. It is available here at AfterDawn: http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/codecs_and_filte... or at edskes. You can choose what you wish to install during the install. It contains G Spot which will tell you if the proper codecs are installed when you open a file in it. Excellent tool.
I had a lot of trouble with aspect ratios with a 640x272 XviDAVI file and found that you have to stretch to fit in order to keep aspect ratio... go figure! Anyway, in cucu's advanced settings, select the widescreen 16:9 for your format and then make sure you have the stretch to fit and cucu will make the image the right size for the window. To verify, I ran it against another AVI file with a slightly different image size and it worked fine, too.
You didn't mention what codecs you are using, but I have FFDShow with cucu for XviDAVI files and I selected resize & aspect, with resize set to specify aspect ratio of 16:9 and aspect ratio set to keep original aspect ratio. This all worked fine after much trial and error. So, I hope this helps you get the results you are after.
