trouble creating a widescreen DVD

Flyboy40 wrote on 4/4/2009, 6:25 AM

I am trying to create a video on DVD in widescreen format. I rendered it out of Vegas as MainConcept MPEG-2, with a template of DVD Architect NTSC Widescreen video stream. When I view the resulting rendered video, it is in widescreen.

In DVDA, in Project Properties, the Video format is selected as NTSC Widescreen (720x480). I had to Optimize the DVD to fit, and under Recompress Settings, the Aspect ratio is set to 16:9, and the resolution is set to 720x480. Down at the bottom of the Optimize DVD window, the Project video format says NTSC Widescreen (720x480). These are the only settings I see that would affect this. When I burned the project to DVD and played it on my tv, it was not in widescreen. The menu screens were just cut off on the sides, and the video was squeezed together, making the people look out of proportion. Is there something I’m missing here? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

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Steve Grisetti wrote on 4/4/2009, 8:31 AM

Whether it's widescreen or standard, a video frame has the same number of pixels -- 720x480 NTSC. The individual pixels are just shaped differently. (Narrower on standard TV, wider on widescreen)

In most cases, your DVD player will automatically trigger widescreen play with a widescreen DVD. Sometimes, with home-burned DVDs, the automatic trigger doesn't work.

Look for the setting on your DVD player to manually switch it to widescreen and you should be fine.

Flyboy40 wrote on 4/4/2009, 4:37 PM

Thank you for the help. That was an easy fix. I actually just tried it on a different player, and it worked.

Thanks again!