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europo

16:9 format

Post by europo »

How can I establish a background or picture in the 16:9 format
Even when I enlarge the picture it is shown and filling the whole window. By executing Finish it is shown in a 4:3 format.

For AVI is everything OK.

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GeorgeW
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Post by GeorgeW »

it doesn't handle menus and backgrounds in 16:9 too well. If you are familiar with PGCEdit, you could create the DVD Folders onto your hard drive, and then use PGCEdit to change the heading info to make the menus 16:9
George
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thanks for your respons.
I do not know the PGCEdit, is there an alternative?

I was thinking to prepare a movie , with the wnated images, then read it in as an AVI file, and then add a cirrent frame to the library and use it as such.

Do you think that is a solution or is there an easier one (the unknown PGCEdit)
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Post by GeorgeW »

you could also try ifoedit -- it is free like pgcedit :) They work great for changing the aspect ratio for a menu...
George
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Post by europo »

thanks for the tips but I'm lost.
I have tried to work with PGCedit and Ifoedit.
I have not the experience to work with the specific DVD files.
I have tried several other authoring programmes and on each of them is something missing (no 16:9, no DVD9, no menu-editing, or a bad quality result when i used the authoring facility of the editor, etc..)

Conclusion: what now...? any suggestions or ideas of a really GOOD and complete authoring program?

thanks
GeorgeW
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Post by GeorgeW »

Burn the DVD Folders to your hard drive in a folder -- say you named a folder DVD_FOLDER -- in it will be a VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS folder (after you burn your dvd)

To change the menu to 16:9

In IFOEdit:
1) use OPEN (bottom left corner), then browse to the DVD_FOLDER. Open up the file named VTS_01_0.IFO
2) a split screen appears -- look at the bottom half, there is a MENU Attributes, and you should see (4:3) about half way along the line. Double click that (4:3), select Aspect Ratio of 16:9, and click ok
3) hit SAVE (bottom left) -- and just save it to the same folder.

Let us know if that works...
George
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Post by europo »

OK, it's working, thank you very much George.

Although, since I did the test with 2 movies , one 16:9 and another 4:3, the 4:3 was also converted to the 16:9 format, although I thougt that it only the menu should be corrected.

Another question: The planned movie is 100 minutes. Although it could be put on 1 DVD, I intend to put it on a DL DVD in order to obtain a better quality. Is that a correct thinking and do I have something into account, or will everything go automatically (that DLT is not very clear to me)'

Again, thank you very much for the 4:3 mrenu problem.

Paul
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Post by GeorgeW »

100-minutes can be done with great quality on a DVD5 disc, but you could get better quality moving to a DL disc.

Look in the MovieFactory Forum for a thread titled "How to burn a 100-minute .mpg file?" It's got some info on what type of settings to make, and some links to other info...

The 16:9 thing -- did you change more than one 4:3 to 16:9 in IFOEdit?
George
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Post by europo »

I only clicked the 4:3 in the menu line::

Video Manager Menu attributes
Video: MPEG-2 720x576 (PAL) PAL 625/50) (4:3) (not specified perm. display)
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luisdph1

Post by luisdph1 »

I get perfect 16:9 aspect in the movie by creating a new preset in the disc template manager then using the advanced button under compression tab is possible change the aspec ratio to 16:9 in video settings (2:21:1 ratio is present too), the final disc created will be 16:9, that´s the only way i found to create the 16:9 movies.

Advanced button:
goes to DVDWS.ini file found in my case at C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Datos de programa\Ulead Systems\Ulead DVD Workshop\2.0
edit the Viodriver section as follow:


[VIODRIVER]
UleadVideoPlay=1
UleadVideoDecoder=1
UleadAudioPlay=1
UleadAudioDecoder=1
UseOnlineMuxing=1
MotionEstimate=20
PlayAC3=1
DecodeAC3=1
UleadAC3Encode=1
Advance=1

the last line was added manually, save the changes open the program and check the disck template manager >>edit...>>compression tab>>advanced button appears near the quality options slider good luck to everybody.

PD. Sorry for my english. I´m from a spanish enviroment
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