On Thu 21 July 2005 14:14, ffrr wrote: > >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.
You shouldn't have to change the player settings frequently - the commercial DVDs won't play any differently with letterbox mode. They are already forcing the player to that mode by disallowing pan&scan. (As I understand it) Commercial DVD manufacturers disable Pan&Scan flags on their DVDs because some customers complained that parts of the image were cut-off - the customers weren't aware that they could change the setting on their machines. > 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... It's the other way around - the player checks to see what is allowed by the DVD. Pan&Scan/Letterbox are purely player-side features - but a player will generally honour the nopanscan or noletterbox flags on the DVD if they have been set. It is a little intrusive for the film to tell the player how the content should be displayed imho - but that's how Hollywood likes it :) -- Stuart Morgan _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
