Pan Scan Dvdsp at DVinfo.net

Brian David Melnyk · February 8th, 2008, 09:58 AM

A quick question:
I created a DVD with DVDSP so that the video could be played 16:9 letterbox and also another version Pan and Scan (with subtitles tailored to 4:3).
i simulate and all is as it should be, but when the burned DVD plays through my computer (iMac "17) BOTH are letterbox.
is this a case of the computer making its own decision to show full screen letterbox for the pan scan?
will it play 4:3 on a tv with a DVD player (i WILL test, but access to a DVD player and TV is not quick or easy {i'm in Burundi with all that goes with that...}).
thanks in advance.

Aric Mannion · February 8th, 2008, 10:16 AM

Isn't your imac widescreen? Are you saying it has black bars on the top and bottom?

Brian David Melnyk · February 10th, 2008, 02:49 AM

yes, the iMac is widescreen, and there are bars on top and bottom:
it shows the pan and scan version (track in DVDSP assigned as '16:9 pan and scan') as letterboxed. i actually went out and found and purchased a DVD player and tested the DVD, and it showed the letterbox as letterbox and the pan and scan as 4:3, cropped (so, as pan and scan).
relieved that it works as it should on a DVD player and TV, but still wondering why the computer won't show the 'pan and scan' as 4:3 cropped?

February 8th, 2008, 09:58 AM	#1
Brian David Melnyk Major Player Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Winnipeg Canada Posts: 532	Pan Scan Dvdsp A quick question: I created a DVD with DVDSP so that the video could be played 16:9 letterbox and also another version Pan and Scan (with subtitles tailored to 4:3). i simulate and all is as it should be, but when the burned DVD plays through my computer (iMac "17) BOTH are letterbox. is this a case of the computer making its own decision to show full screen letterbox for the pan scan? will it play 4:3 on a tv with a DVD player (i WILL test, but access to a DVD player and TV is not quick or easy {i'm in Burundi with all that goes with that...}). thanks in advance.

February 8th, 2008, 10:16 AM	#2
Aric Mannion Major Player Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Boston, Massachusetts Posts: 616	Isn't your imac widescreen? Are you saying it has black bars on the top and bottom?

February 10th, 2008, 02:49 AM	#3
Brian David Melnyk Major Player Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Winnipeg Canada Posts: 532	yes, the iMac is widescreen, and there are bars on top and bottom: it shows the pan and scan version (track in DVDSP assigned as '16:9 pan and scan') as letterboxed. i actually went out and found and purchased a DVD player and tested the DVD, and it showed the letterbox as letterbox and the pan and scan as 4:3, cropped (so, as pan and scan). relieved that it works as it should on a DVD player and TV, but still wondering why the computer won't show the 'pan and scan' as 4:3 cropped?