Maintaining Aspect Ratio on Mobile Videos

[eddywright]

Hi all,

I have a Machspeed Trio v430. The display is 320x240 and it can play AVI and WMV files.

I am having trouble maintaining the aspect ratio on videos. Most of my videos are letter box (16x9) and show with the typical black bars top and bottom in DVDFab. I want to keep the black bars since my player will automaticallyl stretch video to 320x240.

In DVDFab, I select To WMV and choose the 320x240 screen size. In the Video Effect window, the image looks right, showing the black bars top and bottom. But when I convert it, the image is stretched to 320x240 with no black bars or it is 320x178 with no black bars. I can't seem to force the black bars to be included in the video file.

I tried the tutorials and read through the black bar posts on here but I can't figure out what I am doing wrong.

Anyone got suggestions?

Should I enable Cropping?
Should I select a custom size of 320x240?

Thanks,
Eddy

[AGJ]

Try and disable crop as it crops by default

[GregiBoy]

Disable cropping in the "SETTINGS" page so that you do not have it inadvertantly on.

[Howlindog]

Hi, I would like to expand on this topic if I may. Maybe you can help.

My problem with Aspect Ratio is for an iPod Touch.
Screen resolution: 480x320 px, with 3:2 or 1.5 aspect ratio.

I am using DVDFab 6.1.2.5
I have used DVD to DVD to create a VOB file in a VIDEO_TS.
When I play this VOB file on any Media Player or view it in the DVDFab preview window it looks fine. The movie has an anamorphic cinema Aspect Ratio of 2.39:1.
I would like to keep that 2.39:1 ratio so I can see the whole picture, the increased letterbox bars up and down does not bother me.
But when I use File to Mobile (DVD to Mobile same problem) with e.g. a 480x320px 1.5 ratio setting it squashes the width of the 2.39:1 picture so everyone on screen looks like they’ve been on a massive diet.
It doesn’t matter what ratio I choose in either iTouch, iPhone or iPod settings and turning on or off the Auto Crop doesn’t help either. If I choose a setting with an Aspect ratio of 2.35, close to the movie. I get a 2.35 ratio clip with black bars down the sides and a squashed picture in the middle.

Media Player properties on the movie states its 720 x 576 px which is 1.25 ratio, close to 4:3. I guess this is the complete picture even though the embedded movie is 2.39:1.

Hope you can help.

[GregiBoy]

You should not be using File to Mobile but DVD to Mobile which will then give you the correct aspect ratios.

Have a read of my "Best Practice: DVD to Mobile" thread. Link in my sig below.

[Howlindog]

OK, thanks. I thought I tried it but it was late last night. I'll give it another go.
Cheers.

And thanks for pointing out your Best Practice thread, I missed that before

[GregiBoy]

Also make sure that you download and install the beta which has been just released as it has some new mobile features and I think some bug fixes.