after i burnt my vcd(the scary movie) well the first bit that i can get one cd, when i play it on my dvd (pioneer 525) the display is in the top left corner about a quarter the size of the tv screen, WHY?? whats going on

-- kellyc (kellyc@pqafrica.co.za), January 18, 2001

Answers

i've read about this problem on this forum heare before. I beleive it had something to do with the size of the picture. What is the picutre size of your clip? it might not be the right specs

-- Doug (mazinz@aol.com), January 18, 2001.

You need to have the proper aspect ratio. 4.3 and 352x240 for ntsc use and 352x288 for pal. What you do have is an mpeg made for a vga "monitor" setup.

-- Nick D (nickdoogie@goplay.com), January 18, 2001.

more then likely the encoded mpeg1 file is 352x480 frame size. Pioneer DVD 525 & 302 (mine) will play virtually any frame size assuming the burning software allows it to pass to CDR. However, the player will divide the screen into quadrants and put the output in the 4th quadrant of the screen (top left) if the Y is full resolution and the X is 1/2 resolution. You can make bigger framesize VCD and play it normally with 525, but you have to use 704x480. 720x480 will stretch the screen vertically out of porportion, same goes for 640x480 (horizontally stretched). You can use mpeg1 in a SVCD at 480x480 and the result is the same as you are describing..

-- lnguyen (wingstarzz@hotmail.com), January 18, 2001.