Posted by Little Red Hen on 12/13/06 02:18

"Max Haltermann" <maxhalt@hugonet.com.au> wrote in message
news:ell3tt$a04$1@news-01.bur.connect.com.au...
> Hi all,
>
> When I make a DVD from a Winfast2000H DTVcapture card
> the playback from a stand alone DVD player to a 68cm 4:3 TV is about
> 20% smaller than the TV's screen.
> This is, because the 4:3 video is embedded in 16:9 format with left and
> right
> wide screen parts blacked out. Widescreen of course always has a black
> strip
> along top and bottom, when shown on 4:3 TV. So I have a 2 inch black
> border
> around the original 4:3 image.
> If I capture the same transmission from a set top box set to 4:3 format,
> then the
> resulting DVD displays the same picture full screen.
>
> So has anyone seen or heard of a resampling utility that will convert the
> 16:9 format
> program stream MPEG into a true 4:3 format MPEG?
>
> Here's hoping
>
> Max.
>

You can use IFOEdit to edit the ifo files created when you author the DVD
before you burn it, You need to have only the automatic pan and scan ticked
under the Static list
http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/dvd-r_tools/ifoedit.cfm

Also go to www.videohelp.com.

This is a common problem for digital transmissions of 4:3 material
pillarboxed within a 16:9 frame. There is no need to re-encode just a couple
of untick or tick the right box

As your email address indicates Australia I would suggest you go to the
Topfield http://www.topfield-australia.com.au/phpbb2/ forum site as this
problem had been extensively discussed there. Once you get your head around
ifoedit it's no big deal and takes about 20 seconds.

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