DVD-A3 highlighting icky-poo-poo

JJKizak wrote on 5/4/2005, 11:40 AM
After highlighting the white text (240) in the menu, (text only with mask) with red highlight 255 the preview window looks great but after the burn the red is offset and jiggly. Also when doubleclicking the mpg media in explorer window the button appears but the file will not open (appear on the timeline) till you double click the button or click the file name in the top menu. Is this the new procedure? Because I'm real dense this screwed me up for about 30 minutes.

JJK

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bStro wrote on 5/4/2005, 11:58 AM
Also when doubleclicking the mpg media in explorer window the button appears but the file will not open (appear on the timeline) till you double click the button or click the file name in the top menu.

Double-clicking media in the Explorer has never opened that media's timeline for me. Did you used to have a special version of DVDA where it did? :;)

As for the highlighting, I'd recommend lowering your red value a bit -- anything over 240 is going to be a potential problem.

Rob
JJKizak wrote on 5/4/2005, 12:36 PM
It used to open up in DVD-A2 with only one double click in explorer. The red highlight is off position about the width of the text letter on the burned disc (8x at 8x in AO-9) but in the preview it's perfect.

JJK
bStro wrote on 5/4/2005, 1:12 PM
It used to open up in DVD-A2 with only one double click in explorer.

I don't think so. I have a copy of DVDA 2 installed here on my computer. I just tried what you descrive. I assure you that double-clicking a piece of media in DVDA's explorer window adds it to the current menu, and that's it. If I double-click a media in the project overview window, then its timeline opens. Both of these behave in DVDA3 just as they did in DVDA2.

Anyone else using DVDA2 getting the behavior JJK is describing?

The red highlight is off position about the width of the text letter on the burned disc (8x at 8x in AO-9) but in the preview it's perfect.

What frame size are you using for your menu? What you're describing will often happen if your menu is anything other than 720x480 or 720x576. There's no standard for how highlighting is handled for other frame sizes. If this is what's happening, the solution is to set your menu to one of the standard sizes.

Rob
JJKizak wrote on 5/4/2005, 2:24 PM
I'm in 16 x 9 720 x 480 letterbox. The actual size of the picture is 2.1 x 1. Well , if it's working the way it's supposed to I'll leave it at that as far as the double clicking, not a big deal. I will try my other machine on a 4x disc and also this machine with a 4x disc just to make sure the burner is ok (AO-9 Pioneer). My other(105) burner always worked perfect. I am not totally sold on the 8x discs yet. By frame size for the menu can you elaborate on that? Do I have to do something else besides set the preferences to 16 x 9?

JJK
JJKizak wrote on 5/5/2005, 8:02 AM
Well the alignment problem was solved by selecting "letterbox" instead of the default "stretch" for the background menu. The edges of the text are still jagged in the burned disc but not in the preview.

JJK