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Square/Rectangular Pixel Issue- A DVD for a Computer
Hi,
I have a film that uses my clients logo. The logo was created with Illustrator/photoshop and it is a circle, so if something hasn’t been properly adjusted for the correct pixel shape, I know it. I successfully prepared all the PS graphics in the film, including the logo, so that when I played the film on a NTSC monitor, everything looked correct. Then I encoded using compressor and made a DVD using DVD studio pro. I played this DVD on a TV- everything looks correct. Yipeee!
Here is the issue, now the client would like a DVD that when someone puts in their pc or mac it plays just like it would on a DVD player/TV but they want things to still look correct in terms of the aspect ratio.
I would like some advice on the best way to do this.
One thing I tried, just to see how it would play on the computer screen with quicktime or real player for example, was I exported from FCP with quicktime conversion. I used a Soorenson 3 codec, key frame rate: 15, bitrate 6400 kbits/sec, and I changed the size to 654×480. This version looks pretty good when I play it- a few graphics look more jagged than others, but that may be due to how I converted them to look right for NTSC right?
SO if these settings are good (tell me if they aren’t) what should I do now to make a DVD that still looks right on the computer- again I’m suing DVDSP.
Thanks
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2 Replies
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You are overthinking this.
Computer DVD players, like the MacOSX DVD Player App automatically correct for the pixel aspect ratio difference and display everything properly.
If it looks right on a TV it will look right when played in the DVD Player app.
This may not be true if you intend to view the MPEG files on the desktop w/o using the DVD Player app.
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Oh I see- so only if they want a copy to view with say Quicktime do I have to export and change the size (654×480), right?
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