DVD Authoring Question: 16:9 Source

[morgandawn.livejournal.com]

Some DVD authoring programs (IDVD, Ulead) cannot handle both 4:3 and 16:9 (widescreen source).

On some m2v files, the 16:9 screen images are squished vertically to fit the 4:3 format. In the past I was able to manually import the m2v file into my editing software, adjust the widescreen (make the image smaller) so it fit back down into a 4:3 frame and render, then re-export. This takes too much time to do for each vid.

is there a setting we can shoot for (Final Cut or Adobe Premiere or TMPEGEnc) that will export 16:9 images so the widescreen source is pre-adjusted to fit into the 4:3 TV screen?

Comments

[killabeez.livejournal.com]

Oh... well, yes, there should be more than one way for the vidder to handle it ahead of time. I don't really know what process you went through with the vidders, but if they sent you m2v files that were the wrong aspect ratio, they screwed up somewhere. I think I'm still not really understanding what you're asking. Each vidder should be correcting for the aspect ratio, in whatever program they're using and by whatever method they can, before they export to MPEG2.

[morgandawn.livejournal.com]

you nailed it. I was asking (on behalf of vidders who 'screwed up') if there is a way for them to fix it before sending the file to the con. I know of no other way than to do this in the timeline before the export to m2v. I had hoped there was some nifty export button we could push (depending on your editing software) that would say: "Take This Skinny Strechy Buffy Head That Looks Creepy And Magically Make Everyone Look Normal And Make It All Go Away."

Plus, it might be helpful to hear how people handled the aspect ratio in their respective editing software. I stumbled on the FCE method by poking around (as I always do in FCE -great poking software, it is).

[morgandawn.livejournal.com]

we still have 16:9 with squishy squinty heads, only now with top/bottom 1/3 black. we go from creepy to scary squinty vision.