Picture doesn't fill screen

[Brain Champagne]

Using VS2, 16:9 aspect ratio (I believe all the clips are 16:9 720 X 480), with non-square rendering checked,

Looks fine on the computer.

When I burn a DVD the image doesn't fill the TV screen- black border on all four sides. However, one title did extend past the image on the left side.

Sort of like this:

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- --------------------- -
- - - -
- - - -
- one title sticks left- -
- --------------------- -
----------------------------------

Any idea why I have bars on all sides, not just on two of them?

[Brain Champagne]

Oh, that totally didn't display right, it ignored all my spaces, sorry, forget the image but the question remains-why is there black on all sides?

[Brain Champagne]

Upon further inspection, the title pages do fill the screen (black bar top and bottom but fill sides). But some of the video clips do not, perhaps they're old enough to be 4:3.

Does anybody know when US TV changed aspect ratio?

[lata]

Hi

Can you provide the Video Properties, Right click a clip in the video track and select properties, what are they?
What aspect ratio do the details show 16:9 or 4:3.

Video Studio X2 defaults to using 4:3 for its project properties, the option can be changed from the Start-Up Screen

Note---Nowadays generally video uses 16:9 widescreen, however some TV transmissions may use 4:3.
Some video may look like 16:9 but may be 4:3 with borders added to simulate 16:9 look, Take a screen shot in Clip Playback mode (Clip menu—Save as Still Image) Does the image contain any black borders.?

[Brain Champagne]

Every setting is 16:9 but I think some clips are old and 4:3, and that's why they have borders on all 4 sides- the video as a whole is 16:9 but the DVD player outputs 4:3, right? And then shrinks to fit the 16:9, and then when it's a 4:3 it is narrower, hence the bands on all sides.

I think I have to live with this...

[lata]

Hi

If you add a 4:3 video to a 16:9 frame there will be black borders left and right on two sides only, you should not have borders top and bottom.

If this is the case then your 4:3 frame may already contain a black border top and bottom simulating a 16:9 look. If that makes sense.

Go to preferences F6 and change the background colour from black.
Place one of your original clips in the overlay track, the video will / should show as a smaller version, do you see any black bars within this video frame?