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Subtitles in Different Aspect Ratios
Hello all. I’ve been dealing with this issue (see below) in DVD Studio Pro, and so I was wondering if maybe Encore would provide a different solution. The post can be found at: https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/155/880073. I have Encore CS5.
In DVD SP, I make a 16×9 SD DVD with subtitles. The subtitles are positioned perfectly for the video. Then someone watches the DVD on a 4×3 monitor where the 16×9 video letterboxes so it fits in the 4×3 space, but the subtitles still display in the 16×9 locations, they also didn’t readjust. I was told that in order to make everything appear correctly, I’d need to use a program like Scenarist or DVD After Edit (if I wanted to use it in conjunction with DVD SP).
Is it possible to set subtitles to automatically adjust to a 4×3 or 16×9 space based on the TV presentation, in Encore?
Thanks,
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4 Replies
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hi mike,
this is not a specific problem with DVD SP or any other authoring-tool – this is a BUG in the DVD spec according to presentation of your subtitles. did I say bug!? yes – you´ve heard correct, this is a bug!if you would have it correct working you need to put a 16:9letterboxed and a 4:3 letterboxed version of your film on your DVD with the subtitles in the correct area.
and you need to read out the SPRM of your player, what setup is present in the system-parameters, and depending on this to jump to the different tracks.
now it´s up to you!
cheers
danny
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ok and what happens when i send my dvd out for mass replication? I mean I know some programs will allow me to set presentation modes…
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well, if you choose to put both versions on the disk, you wont have any problem, if you just want to use 16:9letterboxed you could get in trouble.
but:
a lot people don´t even know how to have the right FLAT-SCREEN-setting for DVD-players.I´ve seen so many wrong settings out there – horrible.
good luck
danny
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i will agree to that, i fixed it for a client a few weeks ago.
thanks,
mike
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