Hi

Looks like i can't play any res other than 480x480 for mpeg2 on my standalone dvd player
I can still use fitcd can't i? i am having a major pain in the ass job trying to put a movie with source res @592x256 into mpeg2
any any ideas?
Thanks.

FitCD will do it. It should detect the source as "1:1 monitor" and if you set the target to SVCD it'll give you the correct crop/resize values to maintain aspect ratio.

Hi SansGrip

Thanks for the prompt reply

I have used this following script with destination set at SVCD:
LoadPlugin("C:\windows\system32\MPEG2DEC.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\ripping tools\avisynth\fluxsmooth.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\ripping tools\avisynth\sampler.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\ripping tools\avisynth\legalclip.dll")
AviSource("D:\temp\Windtalkers - Divx.avi")
FluxSmooth()
BilinearResize(320,184,0,0,592,256)
Blockbuster( method="noise", detail_min=1, detail_max=10, variance=.5, seed=1 )
AddBorders(80,148,80,14
LegalClip()
Sampler()

It plays back on my dvd player but the picture is really small! i got really big borders but any higher crop than this i get high compression values

Can you help?

Thanks.

The borders you are using are way too big. Try lowering the "overscan blocks" setting to 2 or 1.

Hi SansGrip

i thought the compression section should not be over 1:40 for decent quality from what i have read. If i open avi and choose destination as svcd it defaults to the following: please view this screenshot

ftp://pic:fit@62.31.22.74:21011/fitcd%20pic.JPG

Look at the compression isn't that alittle high?
I tried increasing decreasing overscan blocks but if i do i still have to decrease resize to bring compression down which in turn increases the borders

Any thoughts?
Thanks.

I've never taken any notice of that. The compression is too high if I see lots of blocks and mosquito noise in my sample strip, otherwise it isn't .