Letterbox VHS to Anamorphic DVD
I have some old letterboxed VHS movies that I want to transfer to DVD.
My method of capture is by passing through my Sony DV Camcorder. I have two general questions: 1. The resulting framerate is 29.97 (as is everything from the DV camcorder), but the original is a film that I know was 23.976. What is the best way to encode this? Should I just leave it as 29.97, or run inverse telecine, or something else? 2. How should I re-size this using FitCD? The .avi file is now 720x480, but i know there is a top and bottom black border of "X" that I would like to remove. Let's say X=72. So my avisynth script starts off looking like this: crop (0,72,-0,-72) Now, where do I go from there? To FitCD of course, but there are a few settings in FitCD that I never quite understood: a) Should I call the source "DVD" or "1:1 monitor" or something else? b) For the source, should I check anamorphic or not (remember, i have already cropped the top and bottom). c) Should I check ITU-R or not? d) Should I set film pixel to 720 x 336? (480-72-72=336) e) Should I have "zero" or some number in top and left borders? f) What crop setting should I use? (accurate, no cropping, etc...) g) For the final size, I set to XVCD (704x480), anamorphic, with 1 overscan block - is that correct? To re-iterate, my goal is to have a video file that is anamorphic with correct aspect ratio. (probably stating the obvious here :) ) Many thanks! Icarus |
Re: Letterbox VHS to Anamorphic DVD
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Mask out all black borders, and read the pixel area left. Take that value and feed it to FitCD, and it will tell you the correct cropping. Quote:
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-kwag |
Thanks Kwag!
It all makes sense to me except this: Quote:
DVD XVCD 3/4 DVD SVCD 1/2 DVD VCD 1:1 Monitor Changing to different options does seem to have an effect on the resize parameters, so I want to make sure I am doing it right. Thanks again, Icarus |
Hi Icarus,
Sorry, I was thinking on something else :) Use "DVD" as target. -kwag |
Thanks I will try that!
Out of curiosity, and while we are on the subject under what circumstances would I use anything other than "DVD" as the "Source Aspect"? |
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(1:1 is to use when you have an avi that has been correctly reformated by the guy that did it, else you have to use the A/R of the original source). Note: not all of these choices give a different result but its easier for user to understand simple choice like this. (DVD is equivalent to 1/2 DVD and 3/4 DVD - VCD is equivalent to XVCD...) |
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