I use PMP Simple Converter because it's fast yet so simple.
Here's a link to my hexed edit PMP SImple Converter.exe with 720:576 res instead of 480:272 then we just scale it down to 480:272 (we can't crop if it already set to 480:272)
http://rapidshare.de/files/18314692/PMP ... _.exe.html
This method requires basic math and also THIS GUIDE SHOULD BE USED ONLY FOR WIDESCREEN DVD's.As you already know DVD isnt in native 16:9 so we should crop from both sides to get the exact aspect without distorting video.
first we add dvd://1 to the inputbox (1 is variable it may be dvd://2 or 3 and so on if you have episode divided DVD)
On the General Video Option add "-ofps 25 -dvd-device "x:" -chapter x-y"
-ofps 25 is the number of the frames, you can change it as you wish
-dvd-device "x:" where x is your dvd drive
-chapter x-y where x is the starting chapter and ending chapter to convert
optional:
you can add the "-slang en" or -sid 0,-sid 1 and so on to overlay english sub
On the Extra Video Filter add ",crop=xxx:xxx,scale=480:272,unsharp=l3x3:1:c3x3:1,harddup"
Now this is the hardest part (it's simple when you get used to it)
time to crop.. use command prompt, go to mplayer.exe directory then type "mplayer dvd://1 -dvd-device "x:" -vf cropdetect" to get the video res without black bars.. just wait for the display to be stable then stop the video.. get the number as shown in this picture
![Image](http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i310/pegasus23/pmp.jpg)
now well do the math
on my National Treasure DVD, originally 720x576 res is now 720:416
so we'll divide it to 16
720/16=45
416/16=26
45-26=19 take note of that..
now believe me it's not 16:9 video because it's not 13
the psps res:
480/16=30
272/16=17
30-17=13 this is a matter of ratio'ing
what we'll do to get the exact crop is to subtract 19 to 13
19-13=6
we'll take 6, subtract it to the orig 45
45-6=39
we'll take 39 and multiply it to 16 to get the cropped res.. (x axis)
39*16=624
see..
624/16=39
416/16=26
39-26=13
thus, we get the perfect 16:9 video res (624x416) in higher res than the psp so we just scale it down to 480:272 (scale=480:272) and we'll just replace crop=xxx:xxx
to "crop=624:416"
![Image](http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i310/pegasus23/national.jpg)
there you go, i hope someone might find it usefull..
remember that the numbers above are variable, it depends on your source DVD, it's just an example
for your reference.