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A 4×3 & 16×9 files on same DVD?
I have burned a 4×3 project to a DVD that was made up 100% of stills with lots of pan & crop. Since a great many of the pictures are panoramic I have been asked if I could also put a 19×9 version of the same file on the same DVD.
I suspect that if I set my DVDA project the original 4×3 version would play on a DVD with black bars on the top & bottom. As for the conversion of the original to 16×9 I could open the original project in Vegas , tell it that it’s now 16×9 & give it a new name. There is a script that will alter all clips on the time line to a new size. I would then only have to change pan/crop settings for some picture as near as I can tell as well as altering the placement of any generated media since I would now be zoomed in more.
Back in DVDA I would now have 2 video files & 1 audio which both videos could use. The would need 2 menus although they would be pointing to 2 identical places on the 2 video files.
Is there any other considerations & will this idea work?
Thanks in advance
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Your post gets really confusing about half way through. If I understand correctly. Yes, render out the video a second time from a 16:9 project (converted from the original). Telling DVDA that they both use the same audio file, should work fine, but it doesn’t really matter, because when it prepares the DVD it will mux it into both files as separate VOB files. Now in your menu, just have two play options: 1 for 4:3 and 1 for 16:9, then link each to the respective video. This should work fine. If you play them back on a 4:3 TV, it will show the 4:3 one normally, and the 16:9 one with black bars on the top and bottom. If you play them back on a 16:9 TV, it will show the 16:9 one fullscreen, and the 4:3 one with black bars on the sides.
–the Fiddler
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