Re: [Dvdauthor-developer] Widescreen menus

[Scott S. <sco...@gm...>]

On 12/27/06, richard2832 <ju...@28...> wrote:
> I'm writing a simple Applescript GUI front-end for dvdauthor, and I'm having
> problems getting the button highlights to position correctly on some DVD
> players when creating a widescreen 16:9 menu. The problem seems to happen
> when the DVD player is set to a 4:3 letterbox or panscan mode.

The problem is that the coordinates are given for the 4:3 screen, not
the 16:9 underlying image, so if you simply try to overlay the two, it
won't work.  The subtitle must be 4:3 even though the mpeg is 16:9.
You'll need two different subtitle streams if you want to support both
letterbox and panscan (I usually disable panscan in my dvds).

For letterbox subtitles, map the 720x480 down to 720x360 and leave 60
pixels at the top and bottom empty.
-- 
        Scott