Does cropped video force re-encode for DVD?
 

I just noticed than when I crop out the overscan on my VHS captures that the resolution becomes something other than 352 x 480. Then when I try and author to DVD it forces a recode because it's not DVD compliant. I tried a capture in AIW with the record cropped video box checked and I also tried to crop and resize with VideoRedo both with the same result. I tried to author with TAW5 and VideoRedo and both said a recode was required. Am I missing something?

You shouldn't crop and resize interlaced video. You can mask the area, after capturing or maybe during capture if your software supports it.

Mask, never crop -- even though some of the filters used to do this are called "crop". Confusing, isn't it!? :question:

What program are you capturing in? You can crop in both VirtualDub and ATI MMC.

I'm capturing with ATI MMC. How do I mask with ATI MMC?

You don't. ATI MMC has *two* "crop" settings. One crops, but both together make it a mask. You get black borders on the image, to cover up the overscan. This is best done only for MPEG, not AVI. In fact, AVI is best done in VirtualDub altogether.

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