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How can I add borders to a KDVD movie?

Hi Guys,

A friend of mine has asked me to convert some captures he did ages ago to KDVD so that he can see them on DVD.

He's captures were off a VHS tape and he converted them to VCD with PAL res @ 352 x 288.

He deleted the original AVI capture files as he wanted to watch it on his DVD player and at the time only VCD was available to him.

He wants multipal episodes on one DVD so he doesn't have to keep getting up to change CD's to watch the eps.

Unfortunately I will have to use a different resolution than 352 x 288 as he's DVD like mine doesn't work right with that res for DVD.

I wanted to encode it either @ 704 x 576 or 352 x 576 both of which work fine.

I know that it is always bad to enlarge video and I warned him of this but he said it isn't that important, so I was wonder if I could add a line to my script to add black borders to the top and bottom of the encode to restrict the amount of enlarging necessary.

The capture was at full screen PAL 4:3.

I will be using the VCD2KVCD script below:

Code:

directshowsource("movie1.mpg").killaudio() 

BlindPP(cpu=4) 

Blockbuster(method="noise",detail_min=1,detail_max=3,variance=0.1,seed=1) 

Convolution3D(1, 6, 12, 6, 8, 2.8, 0) 

GripCrop(WIDTH, HEIGHT, overscan=1, source_anamorphic=false) 

GripSize(resizer="LanczosResize") 

Undot() 

TemporalSoften(2,7,7,3,2) 

DCTFilter(1,1,1,1,1,1,0.5,0) 

#Blockbuster(method="noise",detail_min=1,detail_max=10,variance=0.3,seed=5623) 

GripBorders()

I would be very greatful for any info to help me in my quest, thanks in advance.

Re: How can I add borders to a KDVD movie?

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Originally Posted by Zyphon

Unfortunately I will have to use a different resolution than 352 x 288 as he's DVD like mine doesn't work right with that res for DVD.

There is no reason ! Did you test both MPEG2 and MPEG1 for this reso ? They are both in the standard.

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I know that it is always bad to enlarge video and I warned him of this but he said it isn't that important, so I was wonder if I could add a line to my script to add black borders to the top and bottom of the encode to restrict the amount of enlarging necessary.

No you can't or you will screw up the A/R.

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Originally Posted by Dialhot

There is no reason ! Did you test both MPEG2 and MPEG1 for this reso ? They are both in the standard.

I have done many tests with my DVD Player for Mpeg2 files and they don't work.

I get a small picture squeezed to the top half of the screen and it is unwatchable.

I can watch VCD & SVCD perfect on my DVD Player I only get a problem with trying to author Mpeg2 files with VCD res.

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Originally Posted by Dialhot

No you can't or you will screw up the A/R.

I thought so thanks for the help Phil.

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Originally Posted by Zyphon

I can watch VCD & SVCD perfect on my DVD Player I only get a problem with trying to author Mpeg2 files with VCD res.

But did you try MPEG1 or not ?
Because if that works, you don't even have to encode the video ! You just need to demux the audio / resample it at 48Khz and mux it back in the mpeg.

You should try that quickly :-) !

O.k Thanks Phil I shall try that quickly now, I didnt know you could author Mpeg1 files. :)

EDIT: DVD-Lab Pro wont let me input the m1v file, could I rename the extension m2v? :?

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Originally Posted by Zyphon

EDIT: DVD-Lab Pro wont let me input the m1v file, could I rename the extension m2v? :?

I put mpg directly but I figure that you can just rename the file.
Note: can't you try and THEN ask if it does not work ? :-(

Well I renamed the m1v to m2v DVD-Lab Pro warned me that I was using a Mpeg 1 file.

I then tried it in my SAP and it just spat out the disc. :(

Try to use TMPGENC DVD Author then :-(

Hi, sorry for being late getting back to you but I tried authoring a Mpeg1 file in multipal DVD Authoring tools including the DVDAuthor GUI but my SAP spits out the disc and it doesnt work.

However I know the DVD Authored o.k because it worked in WinDVD and played fine.

So I guess my DVD Player wont accept Mpeg1 files authored as DVD and wont play Mpeg2 files at full screen. :(

I'm going to buy a new SAP as I have been thinking about this for some time as mine is nearly 4 years old and doesn't even have MP3 playback. :?

Thanks for the help anyway Phil I appreciate it.

I suggest you to DL my "KDVD Standalone sample" discs and go with them to the store when you will buy your SAP !

Unfortunally I do not have high speed link to Internet actually (I just moved) so I can't provide them for a while but perhaps someone had them on emule.

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Originally Posted by Dialhot

Thanks for the info Phil that is a good idea. :)