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David Jasany · August 27th, 2008, 06:18 AM

What techniques in Vegas and DVDA do you use for creating a DVD with both widescreen and full screen versions of a project on the same DVD?

Thanks,
Dave

David Jasany · August 28th, 2008, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by David Jasany

What techniques in Vegas and DVDA do you use for creating a DVD with both widescreen and full screen versions of a project on the same DVD?

Thanks,
Dave

Anyone putting both widescreen and full screen on the same DVD? I know I'm askng a vaque question, but I'm just looking for tips on how to do it, if it can be done at all. I know how to use Vegas and DVDA, so I'm not looking for step by step instructions.

Thanks.

Rob Wood · August 28th, 2008, 11:05 PM

i'd create a fullscreen DVD (4:3), take the WS files and import to a Vegas project set to 4:3, render them and add to the fullscreen files already in DVD-A.

Michael Wisniewski · August 28th, 2008, 11:05 PM

Most DVD players are smart enough to know the difference, so I just drop both videos into DVDA and let the DVD players take care of the rest. The menus are the main problem for me. Just to be safe I almost always use widescreen menus because it basically looks the same on both 4:3 (letterbox) and 16:9 TVs.

Douglas Spotted Eagle · August 28th, 2008, 11:31 PM

As Michael suggests, use the wide template for a mixed aspect ratio DVD presentation, it's easier.
As far as the media...Render both projects, one to each SAR. Create two projects, one 4:3 ad the other as widescreen. Copy the entire project from one to the other, copying from wide, and pasting in 4:3 check EVERY event, to be sure that you're not cutting critical information, even if you were shooting for film, framing for television.

David Jasany · August 29th, 2008, 05:31 AM

It sounds like it's a fairly straight forward process. And I was wondering how to handle the menus...thanks.

August 27th, 2008, 06:18 AM	#1
David Jasany Major Player Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: North Carolina Posts: 313	Widescreen and Full Screen Same DVD What techniques in Vegas and DVDA do you use for creating a DVD with both widescreen and full screen versions of a project on the same DVD? Thanks, Dave

August 28th, 2008, 11:05 PM	#4
Michael Wisniewski Wrangler Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Makati, Metro Manila Posts: 2,706 Images: 32	Most DVD players are smart enough to know the difference, so I just drop both videos into DVDA and let the DVD players take care of the rest. The menus are the main problem for me. Just to be safe I almost always use widescreen menus because it basically looks the same on both 4:3 (letterbox) and 16:9 TVs. __________________ "Ultimately, the most extraordinary thing, in a frame, is a human being." - Martin Scorsese

August 28th, 2008, 11:31 PM	#5
Douglas Spotted Eagle VASST Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Stockton, UT Posts: 5,648	As Michael suggests, use the wide template for a mixed aspect ratio DVD presentation, it's easier. As far as the media...Render both projects, one to each SAR. Create two projects, one 4:3 ad the other as widescreen. Copy the entire project from one to the other, copying from wide, and pasting in 4:3 check EVERY event, to be sure that you're not cutting critical information, even if you were shooting for film, framing for television. __________________ Douglas Spotted Eagle/Spot Author, producer, composer Certified Sony Vegas Trainer http://www.vasst.com

August 28th, 2008, 11:05 PM	#3
Rob Wood Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 146	i'd create a fullscreen DVD (4:3), take the WS files and import to a Vegas project set to 4:3, render them and add to the fullscreen files already in DVD-A.

August 29th, 2008, 05:31 AM	#6
David Jasany Major Player Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: North Carolina Posts: 313	It sounds like it's a fairly straight forward process. And I was wondering how to handle the menus...thanks.