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Rendering and widescreen
Thanks to John for helping me with Pro 9.0 HD render settings recently. However I continue to have problems removing a letterbox effect and appologies if this issue has been addressed previously. No matter what settings I try my final DVD product has letterbox effect when played on my widescreen HD TV.
The thing is, I don’t know if I have my Vegas settings are wrong or is letterbox a fact HD life?
Camera is Canon HV30 set to standard HDV. I’m using PAL format and projects are mainly holiday/family movies.
Project properties are:
HDV 1080-50i (1440 x 1080, 25fps)
8-bit pixel format
Best rendering qualityRender settings are:
MPEG2
AC-3 Pro
DVDA Widescreen Video Stream
(Note, the ‘Stretch video to fill output (do not letterbox)’ box is unchecked because when it is checked the final product image is ridiculously stretched. Also, ‘Match Output Aspect’ in Event Pan/Crop is not an option as image on timeline properly fills preview screen – no black bars)DVDA settings: PAL Widescreen (720 x 576)
I have tried a combination of all these settings but final product is always letterboxed. Is it possible there is an issue with burning HD projects onto standard DVDs (not Blu-ray)?
It would be greatly appreciated if someone can point out the error of my ways.
Bob
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5 Replies
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Check and see if you aspect ratio is 4:3 or 16:9 in the project settings in DVDA. SHoudl be 16:9 in DVDA
Scott Francis
Mind’s Eye Audio/Video Productions -
Just to eliminate the ridiculous, did you check to see if your TV/Monitor is set properly? Mine sometimes ends up in this widescreen format when I watch some movies, and I need to reset it to watch an SD video on it. Just happened yesterday.
Alf
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Thanks Scott.
Can you tell me where to find aspect ratio settings in DVDA? My project properties drop down lists only settings relevant to Disc Format, Copy Protection, Regions and Mastering. I’m not seeing any option to set aspect ratio, either 4:3 or 16:9.
In setting up the project I’ve selected PAL Widescreen (720×576). Alternatively, if I select PAL (720×576), that is, not widesreen, I get the same letterbox effect in the final product.
Bob -
Hi Alf, thank you for your response.
Trying to think laterally thru this problem – first to last – I have also checked the settings of both the camera and the TV and I’m confident they are OK.
I’m still searching for a solution.
Bob
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Click File – Properties and then change it in the Aspect Ratio box.
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