Squashed-up resolution on DVD

RichieH

Newbie Location: UK Joined: Aug 12, 2017 06:06 Messages: 14 Offline

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Aug 12, 2017 06:28

Hi... what am I doing wrong here?

I am capturing in PD15 from VHS tape via a Canopus A/D converter which is giving me an MPG file in 720x576 format.

After editing the clips I want to use I am then creating a DVD from this content and setting the preferences to DVD-Video, 4:3 (same as the video captured) MPEG-2, and using Smart Fit.

The preview in PD15 looks fine as shows on the attached preview.jpg but the output from the DVD once burned to disc looks squashed as in the DVD.jpg.

I have tried changing the settings on the Create Disc page to 16:9 which then makes the DVD look fine, although it plays it correctly as 4:3 but this setting gives me a much shorter maximum playing time on the disc, even using Smart Fit.

Can anyone help me?


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GGRussell

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Aug 12, 2017 08:45

It looks like you have the timeline editing mode set as 16:9. When set to 4:3, PD15 should ceate the DVD as 4:3.

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RichieH

Newbie Location: UK Joined: Aug 12, 2017 06:06 Messages: 14 Offline

Aug 12, 2017 10:01

Quote It looks like you have the timeline editing mode set as 16:9. When set to 4:3, PD15 should ceate the DVD as 4:3.

I've changed that to 4:3 in the Edit screen now and burned a new DVD.

Same results unfortunately.

I'm going to try again without Smart Fit, I will just use LP Mode and see what that does. Strange that the DVD Preview looks perfect.

Update:

No, that didnt work either. In LP - Long Play mode the DVD image is stretched to an ultra-wide-screen shape!!

Maybe I need to capture at a lower resolution. I will try 640x480

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GGRussell

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Aug 12, 2017 11:24

Has been awhile since I've ceated DVD so I took a look. Make sure the Timeline is 4:3. When finished editing, go to Create Disc. First check the menu Preferences Tab and select or create your menu(s).

Click on the 2D Disc Tab.
Select DVD
#2 Video and Audio settings: DVD Video, REgular display (4:3), MPEG2, HQ or Smart Fit
Choose Audio options

Can Preview to make sure it looks correct. Then burn. If it looks correct in preview, but not after you burn, could be the software you are using to playback the DVD. Try playing the disc in a DVD player.

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Carl312

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Aug 12, 2017 11:34

In addition to what GGRussell says, Check your Television display settings. If the TV set is set to stretch the image, you may get what you are seeing. 4:3 images stretched to 16:9 look fat. Carl312: Windows 10 64-bit 8 GB RAM,AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz,ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB,240GB SSD,two 1TB HDs.

GGRussell

Senior Contributor Joined: Jan 08, 2012 11:38 Messages: 709 Offline

Aug 12, 2017 11:39

Just created a 4:3 DVD and worked fine here. Got to be one of those settings or how you are playing the disc back. Intel i7 4770k, 16GB, GTX1060 3GB, Two 240GB SSD, 4TB HD, Sony HDR-TD20V 3D camcorder, Sony SLT-A65VK for still images, Windows 10 Pro, 64bit
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RichieH

Newbie Location: UK Joined: Aug 12, 2017 06:06 Messages: 14 Offline

Aug 12, 2017 11:46

Quote Just created a 4:3 DVD and worked fine here. Got to be one of those settings or how you are playing the disc back.

Thanks for the replies and for your help.

I must admit Im playing the DVD back on a PC using VLC player rather than in a DVD player. VLC plays all my usual DVDs perfectly .. but for these VHS titles it plays the ISO file as a squashed 'portrait' shaped video and plays the subsequently burned DVD from that ISO in exactly the same format. So its not stretched into a 16:9 ratio like a TV display may do, but the opposite... more like a 9:16 with all the characters on stage looking extremely thin !

tomasc

Senior Contributor Joined: Aug 25, 2011 12:33 Messages: 6464 Offline

Aug 12, 2017 12:29

Vlc has problems displaying dvd video properly when either the aspect ratio is not created and authored properly. They display properly when media player is used despite the mistakes made on the pc.

RichieH

Newbie Location: UK Joined: Aug 12, 2017 06:06 Messages: 14 Offline

Aug 12, 2017 13:07

Quote Vlc has problems displaying dvd video properly when either the aspect ratio is not created and authored properly. They display properly when media player is used despite the mistakes made on the pc.

I'd better go and setup a real DVD player then and try this disc. I hope you're right and its only VLC thats causing the problem.

RichieH

Newbie Location: UK Joined: Aug 12, 2017 06:06 Messages: 14 Offline

Aug 12, 2017 14:01

Quote

Quote Vlc has problems displaying dvd video properly when either the aspect ratio is not created and authored properly. They display properly when media player is used despite the mistakes made on the pc.

I'd better go and setup a real DVD player then and try this disc. I hope you're right and its only VLC thats causing the problem.

Oh ... I think thats it... I have been trusting VLC to play DVD discs as a DVD player would. In future I will test them on a real hardware player.

Thank you for all the help