not full screen

cyprusx · Post by **cyprusx** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 5:27 am

is it possible to make a video that is for example 720 by 380, instead of taking up the entire screen

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 5:38 am

Depending upon what codec you use you could create all manner of non standard video sizes. Why would you want to do that though?

Here is some science:
Data Rates and File Sizes

cyprusx · Post by **cyprusx** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 7:13 am

i thinks its a cool effect, it look like wide screen. how do i do it, i created a 720 by 320 divx video but when i burn it through movie factory its full sreen

skier-hughes · Post by **skier-hughes** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 10:27 am

Easiest way would be to put black overlay bars on top and bottom of your video, so the video seen is actually 720x380, but the video properties are still 720x576.

DVDDoug · Post by **DVDDoug** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 10:32 pm

Note that the image aspect ratio (i.e. 16x9) is different from the pixel ratio (i.e. 720x780). Most video uses rectangular pixels. Changing the resolution to 720x380 usually won't change the shape of the video.

Most still image formats use square pixels. So, 640x480 is common for 4x3 still images, and it can be used for computer video, but it is not alowed on a regular video DVD.

I don't know that much about DivX, but the DVD specification only allows a few options:

NTSC (North America & Japan)
720x480 (4x3 or 16x9)
702x480 (4x3 or 16x9)
352x480 (4x3)
352x240 (4x3)

PAL (Most of the world)
720x576 (4x3 or 16x9)
702x576 (4x3 or 16x9)
352x576 (4x3)
352x288 (4x3)

If you make a standard-compliant DVD, Movie Factory is going to make an MPEG-2 DVD with one of the above resolutions. If you make a DivX dvd, you may have more options.