16:9 Process

MichaelS wrote on 11/16/2007, 10:26 AM
Simple questions beg for simple answers!

I have a video shot in 16:9...black bars top and bottom. I need to get it to DVD.

Do I...

1. Render to .mpg as standard 4:3, then burn as NTSC widescreen in DVCA....
or
2. render to .mpg as NTSC widescreen and burn a DVDA NTSC widecreen disc?

Whatever I did the first time resulted in a "reduced rectangle within a rectangle".

Comments

Tom Pauncz wrote on 11/16/2007, 10:32 AM
Michael,
I would recommend the second option. Flow the project widescreen properties through each of the steps.

If the project was shot in 16:9, I am curious about the 'black bars'. Whenever I have done such a project, no black bars unless the the device it was viewed on was 4:3.

Tom
JohnnyRoy wrote on 11/16/2007, 10:53 AM
> I have a video shot in 16:9...black bars top and bottom

Are you sure it is 16:9? There should NOT be black bars if it really is 16:9. What camera did you use and what mode did you use to shoot? Are you sure it isn't 4:3 with black bars added by the camera to "fake" 16:9 (which is what some consumer cameras do)

If the video is really 16:9 as you say, hopefully you edited it in Vegas as a 16:9 project and you should definitely use option #2: render to widescreen mpg and burn as a widescreen project in DVD-A. The DVD player will add the letterbox if it senses a 4:3 TV.

If, however the video already has black bars, then it is not 16:9 (it's 4:3 with black bars) and you should render to a 4:3 mpg and use a 4:3 project in DVD-A.

~jr
Tom Pauncz wrote on 11/16/2007, 11:09 AM
Much more eloquently stated JR. :-)
Tom