I just authored my first DVD using DVD-A in 16:9 mode. I have a 16:9 Sony 34XBR800 and I wanted to make a disc with 16:9 menus to try it out (my other authoring packages do not allow this).
Anyway, I used an animated background AVI and "stretched to fit" the clip into the 16:9 menu design and, during the "preview" in DVD-A, everything worked fine. The menus, as well as my clips were presented properly in 16:9 mode.
I authored the disc and make a directory for it to check it on my computer before burning to DVD-R and I noticed that the menus pages were squished to 4:3. When I used PowerDVD, I clicked the button to show it in it's proper aspect ratio and my menu screens were letterboxed (had black bars at top and bottom) in 4:3 and were NOT in 16:9. My clips, however, were correct.
Is this a problem/bug? The background AVI I had was 4:3 a clip, but I thought that, maybe, the "stretch to fit" option in DVD-A, which presented stretched properly within the program when I "Previewed" it, would encode it stretched on the final disc. It didn't, though, and presented my menus in 4:3 letterbox mode.
I suppose I'll try it again, this time with a still photo that is 720x480 and see if it works properly. Anyone else have this problem?
Anyway, I used an animated background AVI and "stretched to fit" the clip into the 16:9 menu design and, during the "preview" in DVD-A, everything worked fine. The menus, as well as my clips were presented properly in 16:9 mode.
I authored the disc and make a directory for it to check it on my computer before burning to DVD-R and I noticed that the menus pages were squished to 4:3. When I used PowerDVD, I clicked the button to show it in it's proper aspect ratio and my menu screens were letterboxed (had black bars at top and bottom) in 4:3 and were NOT in 16:9. My clips, however, were correct.
Is this a problem/bug? The background AVI I had was 4:3 a clip, but I thought that, maybe, the "stretch to fit" option in DVD-A, which presented stretched properly within the program when I "Previewed" it, would encode it stretched on the final disc. It didn't, though, and presented my menus in 4:3 letterbox mode.
I suppose I'll try it again, this time with a still photo that is 720x480 and see if it works properly. Anyone else have this problem?