Making a DVD with 16:9 and 4:3 material mixed

essami wrote on 7/7/2008, 1:04 PM
Hi,

Im doing a DVD with works that are both 16:9 and 4:3. I have the project properties set on 4:3.

So when I insert the DVD and my widescreen tv is set on 4:3 all works fine. 4:3 videos show properly and when I play 16:9 video the TV changes to widescreen itself and to 4:3 when going to back to the menu. As expected and Im happy with this.

But for some reason if I have my TV set to any other format than 4:3 from previous DVD's and I insert this DVD it doesnt change the TV aspect ratio correctly to 4:3. Everything shows at the aspect ratio that the TV was previously set on.

Am I doing this correctly or is this what the user has to know when using these multi-aspect ratio dvd's?

Sami

Comments

TheHappyFriar wrote on 7/7/2008, 1:15 PM
if you manually change the TV you'll need to manually change it back.
essami wrote on 7/7/2008, 1:35 PM
Thats right! Thank you!!! Its just weird how it always recognices 16:9 no matter what. But this works for me :)
TheHappyFriar wrote on 7/7/2008, 2:39 PM
im my honest opinion as a person who WATCHES TV, I'd rather have everything be 16:9 now vs switching between different fill types on the TV. On 4:3 letterbox isn't bad at all, but on 16:9 mini-square is a pain.
essami wrote on 7/8/2008, 1:16 AM
Are you saying you make 4:3 into a 16:9 letterbox with black on left and right sides? What happens if someone wathces this on 4:3 TV?

I always watch everthing in correct format. When going into a shop to see new TV's it's amazing that everything there is stretched to 16:9 from 4:3. It looks awful.
TheHappyFriar wrote on 7/8/2008, 5:57 AM
I'm saying I'd rather buy something in 16:9 & tape in 16:9 because it gives you the most screen space on a SD 4:3 tv & a 16:9 HDTV. If you do 4:3 (this includes letterboxed VHS) on a HDTV, by default, many times it will present that with bars on the side (pillarbox). But because it's SD it will also only display 720x480 pixels, actual size on an HDTV, in the center of the screen. DVD's seem to not do this but broadcast does. You need to adjust the TV to "fix" it. Works good, but when you forget to put the TV back to auto all your 16:9 content is then cut off. :D