Burding Videos to DVD disk. Edges being chopped off :S

comeradealexi · 21 Dec 2008 at 15:09

Burning Videos to DVD disk. Edges being chopped off :S

i am trying to put a few of my videos onto a dvd so i can watch them through any dvd player but no matter what movie i put on the dvd and no matter what format it is - the sides will always get chopped off :S

i have been using adobe premiere pro to make my movies and i have been using the preset settings for PAL and all the variations on that with all my movies - i used windows, nero and premiere pro to burn the video to the disk but it will ALWAYS be chopped off at the sides and i am just stuck and dont know what to do.

i have tried in 3 different DVD players and this always happens but when i play it on the computer through the disk it looks fine....

gobsmacked!

IAmATeaf · 21 Dec 2008 at 15:21

What aspect is the original in and what aspect are you playing it back in? Does it look chopped when you play it on the PC?

comeradealexi · 21 Dec 2008 at 15:23

IAmATeaf said:
What aspect is the original in and what aspect are you playing it back in? Does it look chopped when you play it on the PC?

it looks perfect when played back on the PC - i just tested having the number "123456789" printed across the whole screen and when viewing it on the pc i can see all the numbers but when on any dvd player i cannot see the number 1 at all and half of 9 is missing

Fanatic · 21 Dec 2008 at 15:24

What video settings are available on the DVD player?

comeradealexi · 21 Dec 2008 at 15:27

Fanatic said:
What video settings are available on the DVD player?

i have changed the picture from "4:3" "16:9" "original" and "full" and "zoom" and such but its always missing stuff at the side

IAmATeaf · 21 Dec 2008 at 15:34

In Premiere Pro there should be 2 PAL settings profiles, 1 for 4:3, the other for widescreen, just make sure that nobodies customised these settings?

comeradealexi · 21 Dec 2008 at 15:37

IAmATeaf said:
In Premiere Pro there should be 2 PAL settings profiles, 1 for 4:3, the other for widescreen, just make sure that nobodies customised these settings?

i have there at their defaults - i even went to custom and made a vid with the PAL resolution and still had the same problem - wasted at least 20 dvd's trying to find a way to fix this weird problems - checked all settings on the DVD players and i cant find anything wrong

Werewolf · 21 Dec 2008 at 16:02

IIRC there are certain areas of the screen that for TV use are "unsafe" - IE some sets do cut them off* (overscan I think it's called).

It's for this reason when they author DVD's professionally and include subtitles etc they keep them centred and slightly up from the bottom (and different companies will use slightly different settings).

It sounds like you're running up against a similar problem with the default settings, you may want to see if you can reduce the screen width the DVD's are being authored to use, which isn't a great solution but it will probably work.

It might also be worth using a DVDRW whilst playing with the settings (one of the main reasons I keep some handy is for testing burning software/settings etc).

*I vaguely remember that there are 3 basic areas, the safe zone, the generally safe zone (most sets will be ok with), and the most common area to be cut off.

comeradealexi · 21 Dec 2008 at 18:02

Werewolf said:
IIRC there are certain areas of the screen that for TV use are "unsafe" - IE some sets do cut them off* (overscan I think it's called).

It's for this reason when they author DVD's professionally and include subtitles etc they keep them centred and slightly up from the bottom (and different companies will use slightly different settings).

It sounds like you're running up against a similar problem with the default settings, you may want to see if you can reduce the screen width the DVD's are being authored to use, which isn't a great solution but it will probably work.

It might also be worth using a DVDRW whilst playing with the settings (one of the main reasons I keep some handy is for testing burning software/settings etc).

*I vaguely remember that there are 3 basic areas, the safe zone, the generally safe zone (most sets will be ok with), and the most common area to be cut off.

ah right - i will look into the video settings more but im not sure on how to change the DVD burn settings :S i know with nero you can choose PAL or NTSC and 4:3 and 16:9 but i have those settings already correct :S

comeradealexi · 21 Dec 2008 at 18:40

think i've found it:

http://livedocs.adobe.com/en_US/Pre...t=WS3F384B88-EDB5-4bb3-AC2F-BB8964C6191E.html

i turned these safe margins on now - so in future if i ever want to make a video a particular size it will always be best to make it a few hundred pixels larger each way to make sure its all safe.

man thats gotta be annoyings cause that means that some tvs or dvd players and such wont be able to see what other things like a pc can