Stuart Morgan wrote:
OK ... stretching my mind a little, a DVD can come in a couple of formats -
Pan&Scan and Letterbox. Pan&Scan will take a 16:9 format but show it at 4:3
with cropping on a normal TV. Letterbox shows it with horizontal black bars.
*
Although this ability is enabled on the DVD it is usually controlled by the
DVD player. Check the options for your standalone player just for interest.
I can do that, but would be reluctant to change it, as commercial DVD's
play letterboxed. I'd like to make the ones I burn be the same as the
commercial ones so I don't have to change the DVD player's settings each
time.
Alternatively you can pass options to dvdauthor to disable pan&scan mode thus
forcing the player to use letterbox. Do dvdauthor --help and look at the
--video= options.
i.e. dvdauthor -o DVD --video=nopanscan 1.mpg
* I'm no expert on this subject and there is more to the subject of DVD aspect
ratios but I think this should answer your question.
Sounds like a good place to start. I never knew that the DVD could
determine whether the player could pan&scan or not. Lot's to learn...
Thank you.
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