Where and when to use 16X9

[rando]

Where and when to use 16X9

I got a good one, I had to resixe some assets in my timeline to match my video. I use Scenalyzer to capture. The only catch seems to be I need to set my DVD player on 16X9. I hope the clients have that piece of mind. And the compression which I cant do much about until I go HD.

Randy

[Blast1]

I always put a note on the jewell case label "If your video fails to display correct size, check your DVD player and TV to make sure they have the proper settings."

[rando]

oh crud!

oh well I did all the 16X9 encoding and got it looking really good just to find that DVDSP 4 doesnt support 16X9 in 720X480. Everything looks great with the exception of the transistions a on the chapters which switch to 4:3 when I hit a chapter. Oh well im learning.

[STORMDAVE]

oh well I did all the 16X9 encoding and got it looking really good just to find that DVDSP 4 doesnt support 16X9 in 720X480. Everything looks great with the exception of the transistions a on the chapters which switch to 4:3 when I hit a chapter. Oh well im learning.

16:9 DVD IS 720x480. The difference between 4:3 and 16:9 is the flag on the MPEG2 clip. I don't think you're getting this.

Just shoot in 16:9, edit in 16:9 (note, if you use Xplode Pro, some transitions don't support 16:9 so be careful) then encode to 16:9 MPEG2, and finally author in a 16:9 project in DVDSP4.

[rando]

Where and when to do 16X9

How do I change my project setting in DVDSP 4, when I went in the manual it had a chart and it said under 720X480 that only 4:3 was supported.

[STORMDAVE]

I don't use DVDSP much, and right now the computer is rendering to MPEG2 through Windows out of Edius, but I will take a look at DVDSP and give you an answer tomorrow probably.

It "should" be in the menu inspector, but I am not really eligible to answer this without looking because I don't use DVDSP, so I would be able to find the answer through trial & error, unless someone already knows the answer.

Either way you should know that a true 16:9 disc will fill the whole screen when playing to a wide TV, and a wide disc will show it letterboxed on a 4:3 TV. There shouldn't be any bars on a wide screen TV.

[rando]

Where and when to use 16X9

Yeah, I got that part. If my DVD player is set to 16X9 it does fill the screen. BUT in DVDSP 4 I cant find a 16X9 project so if I use transistions for chapters and menus there 4:3 then it switcheds back to 16X9

[STORMDAVE]

Yeah, I got that part. If my DVD player is set to 16X9 it does fill the screen. BUT in DVDSP 4 I cant find a 16X9 project so if I use transistions for chapters and menus there 4:3 then it switcheds back to 16X9

Ok Randy, I found out how to do it. You need to go into the inspector and under the "Menu" tab, select "16:9 Letterbox" from the default Display mode. The transitions should be ok now....unless this is what you've been doing all along. I will look deeper into it...but I do recommend that you read the manual more thoroughly. You can make the default 16:9 by going into the preferences then general then under display mode choose 16:9 letterbox.

[rando]

Where and when to use 16X9

Thanks Dave, In my own defense I did read the manual(which is rare) thats where I got the thing about only 4:3 being supported in 720X480.

Randy