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I just tested yet again, this time with video from an actual dvd and using linear resizing, which I figured would make no difference, but just wanted to try, and sure enough yet again it was stretched when watching on the Blu-ray player. Also my computer is VERY loud when using even just 2 conversio...

No it isn't. I already told you short project, lanczos, 480 4/3, letterbox, AVCHD with source material of 480 or lower resolution. What else could possibly affect stretching other than those? I have it set to NOT skip root menu, yes go to menu after a titleset completes, basically very little did I ...

I selected 4:3. I already burned a second disc just to be sure I selected the proper one. It still stretched everything. There are starting to seem to be so many issues that I wonder if it shouldn't have been released yet. 1. I was reading through the beta thread and some people were having various ...

I have so many logs it's hard to find which one now. But I already read through it and it said 480 4:3 in it. Everythign in the log looks right. If I watch the file on my computer, after conversion, BEFORE burning it, it looks 4:3 on my computer. It then says it is burning and then once burned it is...

The log doesn't have anything useful. It says 4:3 in it, but I burned another test disc and indeed it's stretched and says 16:9 for file info on my tv. So basically I spent hundreds of dollars thinking I would cut out a lot of clutter by using less discs than I have and in reality I now have to choo...

Well, I spent a lot of money for the drive, discs, software. So the last thing I want is to end up with a bad result after all of this. And so far in tests that is what's happening. I burned some AVCHD discs, where I could test with actual discs and not be wasting more expensive blu-rays. Well when ...

So far tests are showing even set at 480, the file sizes are much larger than with convertxtoDVD. In fact, the change from xtoDVD to xtoHD increases size of files more than going from 480 to 720 in resolution does within xtoHD. The difference in resolution makes a lot less impact than simply choosin...

I look and look for info on this folder and nothing tells flat out what the purpose of it is and I never recall seeing it for convertxtoDVD. I guess the pcsetup.exe file is in program files somewhere, but I am talking about in my documents area there is a folder called PcSetup and the only thing in ...

As for resizing, how do you choose if this program does it or not? I think there is no setting for "none" on resize filters. There is no direct option choice, resizing is done only when the original and the chosen conversion resolutions are different. Hmm so basically if I chose 720, for ...

The problem is I sometimes have a hard time noticing if SP gave a better result. Like I said, you may then say well if you can't tell, use something with lower bitrate to save space, BUT like I mentioned, on some content I do believe SP ends up with a better result, but it would be nearly impossible...

I have read a lot of topics in the convertxtoDVD forum at some point or another, but some things are just still hard to figure out. I'd say mostly what is difficult to guess is whether to use 2 passes or not. In DVD, I always used it, just IN CASE, figuring it can't hurt, other than taking longer. B...

Actually, when it comes down to it, I could have probably made this short post asking truly the main thing I want to know. You said if taking a SD source and converting in 1080 it could cause artifacts/blockiness. The bottom line comes down to this.... does the same hold true if converting a low bit...

Some answers to your multiple questions: Upscaling does not improve quality in most cases. Some players are using different techniques that make upscaled picture seem better, but it is best to let that to player. No use wasting disc space upscaling. Automatic _should_ count bitrate x time -this giv...

I know some people get annoyed when people talk about content not filling a disc and they will go on a rant about how choosing a different profile to fill the disc is not always best. Well, what they seem to not think about is some people don't like when only half a disc is filled because they could...