Re: [Dvdauthor-users] Edges chopped off when viewing burned DVD.

[Claude Heiland-A. <cla...@go...>]

Roland Roberts wrote:
> When I play back the DVD on my analog TV, I've lost part of the edges on 
> all four sides.  I can tell its missing because Celestia has text 
> displayed in those areas and its chopped off.
> 
> If I view it on a small portable DVD player, the left/right have a few 
> columns missing as some text on the edges is chopped.
> 
> But when I play it on a high-end upscaling DVD player on my 50-inch 
> plasma TV, the sides are fine, but the top and bottom are still missing 
> several lines.

All this is normal, due to the history of the evolution of TV, see for 
example:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overscan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safe_area
http://www.bbc.co.uk/commissioning/tvbranding/picturesize.shtml

There's nothing you can do about it apart from stick to the safe areas, 
particularly when designing menus and subtitles etc.

> What am I doing wrong?

Nothing related to dvdauthor, but putting text outside the "safe area" 
is a mistake if you want people to be able to see it (a mistake which I 
have made in the past too).


Claude
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