Widescreen DVD issues
by David May
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Jul 17, 2008 at 10:24:14 am
Okay, I have taken my film from After Effects to premiere pro with the adobe dynamic link, and have been trying to get it onto a dvd using encore. The problem is, the dvd will look wonderful in its widescreen format, but only if the dvd player is set to 4:3! If the player is changed to widescreen, my video appears 4:3!
-The original video is 1440x1080 @ 25fps with a Pixel Aspect Ratio: 1.333
-The Premiere project is HDV 1080i 25 1440x1080 (@ 16:9), with HD Anamorphic 1080(1.33)as my pixel aspect ratio.
-The After Effects project is set to the exact same settings as the premiere project, without locking the pixel aspect to 4:3, and using HDV 1080/DVCPRO HD 720 (1.33) as my aspect ration.
-The Premiere export to encores settings are PAL 720x576 @25fps with the widescreen option selected
So again, when the dvd with these settings is played, it will play in widescreen only if the dvd player is set @ 4:3. Setting at widescreen makes it play in 4:3. Im sure its something small/simple, but i really need the video to play in widescreen automatically. (And setting the premiere export to encore as 4:3 instead of widescreen doesnt fix it, just makes it letterboxish
Sorry for such a detailed question, but im getting desperate
Re: Widescreen DVD issues by mike velte on Jul 17, 2008 at 1:54:00 pm
The "Widescreen" thingy has a number of pitfalls and you have added another.
1. Widescreen begins with the shoot. A SD camera (or HDV in DV-Widescreen mode}. The PAR for PAL is 1.422.
2. Edit in a SD Widescreen Project Preset.
3. Export as Widescreen.
You did #3 right, but not 1 and 2.
#3 inserts a tag into the video that "some" DVD players catch and adjust the playback accordingly. Others require the viewer to select Widescreen using the remote.
Best bet is to import your HDV footage into a 4:3 DV project, scale it down to fit on the screen and encode as 4:3. The quality wont be quite as good as if shot in SD and the render times will be long.
Better bet is to burn it to a Blu-ray and enjoy HD on a nice TV.
Re: Widescreen DVD issues by Ann Bens on Jul 17, 2008 at 3:14:38 pm
You need to set the interprete footage to widescreen in the project window of Encore then it will stay widescreen. If you don't it jumps back to 4:3 inspite of the widescreen menu.
