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Why no option to render as DVD PAL Widescreen?
Hi guys
To begin with a little bit of background. I have a TV with a USB port which allows me to plug in hard drives and memory sticks and view movies, photos etc. However, file support is limited. It will only play MPEG 1 & 2, .AVI and XVID movies.
I have shot some standard definition 16:9 widescreen footage and used Vegas Pro 8 to edit and add a soundtrack. In properties I selected PAL DV Widescreen (720 x 576, 25.00fps) as the template, selected 16:9 Widescreen TV Aspect Ratio when on Pan/Zoom and also checked the “Stretch video to fill output frame (do not letterbox)option.
When it comes to rendering the clip, I select “Save As” MPEG-2 file and DVD PAL as the Template. I can’t see DVD PAL Widescreen as an option. Once rendered the movie plays fine on the TV via a memory stick but it’s displayed as a 4:3 picture, so has thick black bars down each side. Why is there no DVD PAL Widescreen option?
Rendering as DVD Architect PAL Widescreen video stream is pointless as I don’t want to burn to DVD. I just want to play the MPEG2 file but have the picture fill the whole screen.
I tried rendering as an AVI file but the TV wouldn’t play it, came up with a message “File Not Supported”, which I don’t understand as I have downloaded movies with the .avi file extension and they play without any problems. Also the problem with AVI is the large file size, 400MB for a 2 minute clip!
I then started from scratch using Premiere Pro CS3 which did allow me to render as DVD PAL Widescreen but that clip displays thick black bars right around the picture, so you’re left with a smaller rectangular picture in the middle of the screen.
How do I render as an MPEG2 file which will fill the whole TV screen? Preferably using Vegas Pro 8, which I’m more used to than Premiere Pro CS3.
Thanks
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