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Old 17th Sep 2006, 6:03 am
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Default Re: How to maintain aspect ratio/create letterbox when enco
nii,

I rip all my DVD to avi using CloneDVDMobile (unfortunatly not freeware). Takes about 30 minutes for a full lenght movie.

Then I pre-process with VirtualDub (Resize, De-Interlace, Crop, Adjust Brightness\Saturation, Sharpen, reset frame rate to 16fps same as AMV to prevent hopping, adjust audio by -200ms as AMV converter causes a slight lag in audio sync ) and process without any compression. Takes about 15-18 minutes

Then convert to AMV.

I find I get better quality by pre-processing this way than with straight conversion. I posted a guide HERE along with screenshot samples.
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