nickles Posted November 16, 2004 Report Share Posted November 16, 2004 I am interested in creating a DVD that's optimized for a wide screen TV that has a 16:9 format (HDTV). I believe the type of DVD is called Anamorphic. Is there anyone out there that has any experience with this format?Any help will be appreciated......ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Cox Posted November 16, 2004 Report Share Posted November 16, 2004 Kendvdsanta will make a widescreen dvdseehttp://www.dvdsanta.com/but i have not tried it with a p2e aviit is a bare bones program -- no menuu for final dvd but does the jobyou have the option of 3 quality settings as wellonly +- 3 mb downloadken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Cox Posted November 17, 2004 Report Share Posted November 17, 2004 dvd santaonly problem i see is it wants to be on top all the timedid a 16:9 aspect ratio for a widescreen test -- used a PTE show that was on a cd r -- made the avi direct from the cdexe was +-270 megpte created an avi from files on cd -r = 178+- megused 894 meg on a standard 4.7 gb dvd disc shows ok on a standard 4:3 29" tv -- has black bar top and bottom and somes squishing of images evidentwhen played on a pair of 13" tv's no bar or squishing evidentwill have to go to friend's place to do the widescreen test It will also do PAL formatken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickles Posted November 22, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2004 Ken Cox:Thanks very much for your input. I decided to experiment with my existing software before trying something new.I have a friend that has recently bought a 42 inch wide 16:9 plasma HDTV. He wanted me to make a slideshow for him. I finally developed the following procedure after a few intial tests:1.) I cropped and resized some photos to be 854x480 pixels (16:9) format. I then resized the photos to conform to DVD format of 720x480 pixels without locking the aspect ratio. On my PC screen they looked "squished".2.) I made a PTE AVI with a 720x480 @ 29.97fps.3.) I noticed that my Cinemacraft Basic MPEG-2 encoder had a place to specify to create the MPEG-2 for 16:9 tvs.4.) I then authored and burned the DVD with DVD Lab.5.) When I played the DVD on my 4:3 TV with my DVD player setup for 4:3 TV size the video looked "squished". I then setup up the DVD player for Widescreen and the video displayed at the right proportions but was letter boxed with black bars on the top and bottom.6.) I took the DVD to my friends and played on his HDTV. Simply amazing! The video initially appeared squished until he selected "fit to screen" on his TV. Wow! The overall clarity was amazing and perfect proportions.The advantage to the anamorphic(applys only to widescreen TV sets) is that the vertical resolution does not need to be stretched but only the horizontal from 720 to 853. Wow again! Must get a wide screen TV when the prices drop where I can afford! Almost as clear as watching a PTE slideshow on your PC monitor.Thanks again for your input Ken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igor Posted November 26, 2004 Report Share Posted November 26, 2004 I'll try to add anamorphic DVD and HDTV resolutions in the next versions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickles Posted November 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2004 Igor:Thanks for the reply....I think as the technology is changing quite rapidly...in that direction...it would be a wonderful option to have.Keep up your great and very responsive developments.thanks again,ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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