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Old 19th May 2009, 15:09   #10  |  Link
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Originally Posted by shmendrapolk View Post
OK, would it be simpler to have each video file as a separate track? Would that make it fully compatible & compliant? I assume its feasible, since I've watched movies on DVD that give you the option of widescreen vs letterbox.

The jpeg I posted is a menu screen. I made the meny screen vid files in widescreen, so I hope that I can have:
1) widescreen menus
2) a bunch of 4:3 film clips
3) a bunch of 16:9 clips

I set set no parameters when exporting from pinnacle except "mpeg-2" dvd-compatible. The widescreen clips were originally made in high definition, but exported as DVD-compliant mpeg-2 files.
Ok, that explains everthing.
HD clips are always 16:9, IMHO. It might be very possible that Pinnacle (I never used this software) took the file and converted into 720x576i and making it by default 4:3.
And yes, separating 4:3 clips from those in 16:9 was the best idea - so I assumed you had a reason to go against this rule. My fault.
Again, by default, all consumer grade authoring softwares create a 4:3 menu. To make it 16:9 simply place the buttons within the imaginary 16:9 rectangle.
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