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I am posting this as posts on various computer forums, including DVD Flick, have produced nothing helpful and I know some of you out there are far more expert than I am in these matters.

 

Having transferred a Humax PVR file (HDR/GB sat box) to my Dell Insprion 531 (Vista Home Edition) using a memory stick,the file plays normally using VLC player, Windows Media Player does not like the .ts file. The aspect ratio of the picture is correct. Used DVD Flick 1.3.0.6 Build 734 to create a DVD of the file which on playing on both the computer and the DVD player has now the wrong aspect ratio in that the picture is stretched vertically a bit. Tried both the 4:3 and the 16:9 settings on DVD Flick with the same result. Other DVDs created using DVD Flick from avi file downloads from the French site Top Serie have been perfect.

 

 I have found out about changing the pixel ratio by using the Edit title facility. Changing the pixel ratio to 16:9 from the default value and the video aspect ratio to 16:9 seems to fix the picture stretching problem although on the TV there are black bars top and bottom which I hope will not be there on a wide screen TV. I am currently using a very old Panasonic TV soon to be replaced with a modern widescreen TV so I want the DVDs created to be suitable for that. My question now is if I copy some Humax files of BBC broadcasts to DVD to free up space on the Humax drive what aspect ratio do I use on DVD Flick 16:9 or 4:3 and what ratio do I set the pixel dimensions to?  What I don't want is to create a load of DVDs that look wrong on a widescreen TV. Any help given will be most gratefully received......................JR
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OK, I don't know about Humax and DVD flick.  However, to my mind you should record in the format in which the programme was broadcast.  Don't worry about your new TV as you will be able to fiddle around with the image to suit your taste.  Old recordings of mine will play in the original aspect ratio but with black bands to right and left, or can be stretched to fit the screen - you chose.  I'd beware of fiddling with the image at the recording stage - leave that for playback.  But that is just my personal opinion, you understand, I am no techie - but I do have a couple of  thousand DVDs which I have recorded....[Www]
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Ok and I have to assume that the BBC use mostly 16:9 so I guess I should use that for the video aspect ratio. However what is not clear is the pixel ratio to use. Changing in DVD Flick to 16:9 from default, does not tell you what default is, seems to give a correct picture but with black bars top and bottom. I will have to find someone with a widescreen TV and try the DVD on that I guess................................JR 
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FWIW the BBC actually use 14:9 for most stuff (an uneasy compromise that disenfranchises neither 4:3 viewers nor 16:9),  apart from on BBC Sports programmes which stick to 4:3 apparently.

14:9 should - if the relevant sets are *correctly* adjusted (and that's a very BIG "if" in most of the households I visit) - display on a 16:9 with black bars left and right,   and on a 4:3 the screen should be filled but with the extreme left and right content of the picture chopped off,  unless the 4:3 is set to letterbox mode in which case there will be black bars top and bottom.   On a 16:9 aspect ratio TV a BBC 14:9 picture should NOT fill the screen.    If it does the set is wrongly adjusted.

Can't help with the pixels etc,  a computer is for computing and a TV is for viewing in my book.   Using the "wrong" one merely makes the thing less efficicent and often enhances quality defects.

But each to his own...

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Thanks for the info and I have made several DVDs, thank goodness for rewriteable DVDs even if the writing speed is low, with different aspect ratios and pixel ratios and will take them round to a friend's who sports a wide screen tele and see which is best. I gather that modern TVs can either auto or manual adjust for different formats, why is nothing simple!.........................JR
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