TV chops off stuff?

[drfsupercenter]

I just burned that presentation my mom made onto DVD, and in the computer it plays great. On the TV, it cuts off the top, bottom and sides by a bit, basically zooming it in. Any way to fix that?

[blutach]

Fix your TV settings. Ensure the video stream attributes correctly match the actual video.

Regards

[drfsupercenter]

Ummm... on my portable player it is great, but on two TVs I tried it is chopped off. I fixed all errors in PgcEdit, I am getting frustrated, and so is my mom, since she needs 20 of these tomorrow. I just told her to tell the people to use their computers, but a lot of them are too noobish to know how to do that

[blutach]

What are the DSA in PgcEdit?

Regards

[drfsupercenter]

How do I find that?

Oh duh.

4:3, not letterboxed. NTSC 720x480, MPEG-2 VBR

[blutach]

So set your TV for 4:3 (if it is one). If it isn't, you'll get pillar box effect.

Regards

[drfsupercenter]

It is set for that. It works fine on Hollywood movies, just not this one.

Also, this happens with two DVD players, not just one.

[blutach]

Try to use edit instead of bumping your threads drf.

It's a 4:3 movie?

Regards

[always]

Blutach consider me a noob but if he didnt ad a new post to the thread wouldnt it show up as if nothing changed on the threads page?
So how would you know if he added that stuff?
i would have just assumed he went offline and not responded if it wasnt bumped or in the bold print for a new post added. or when you edit does it make it bold to signify there is something new?
Just trying to learn the forums Sorry for thread C____ing DFS

[blutach]

NP always - but posts are often no more than a minute or so apart. We do get to them.

Regards

[celtic_druid]

Sounds like overscan.

[drfsupercenter]

But three players do that now, not just one. On my portable player, it looks fine on the player, but on the big screen it doesn't. What would cause this? Hollywood DVDs don't get cut off.

[celtic_druid]

Still sounding like overscan and it does effect Hollywood DVD's. It effects everything played back on a standard TV. Just that most stuff is formated for it. HDTV's, PC monitors, LCD displays, etc. don't suffer from overscan.

[nwg]

Also sounds like overscan to me. You will always see more on a computer as there is no overscan and it doesn't matter what you play.

Overscan can be set differently on different TV's.

When I make my own DVD's in DVD Author. I make sure the parts of a menu are away from the edges as the overscan will push each part out of sight.

[drfsupercenter]

How would I fix this? It's currently an AVI file, I used DivX2DVD to convert.

And how come standard TV stations don't get cut off, they look the same on my TV as they do on the computer?