DVDIt - Authoring on Screen Nowhere NEAR on TV

[jdmba]

Greets,

I am trying to work my way though my first author - which is 5 cartoons edited down to 22 minutes on Premiere, and exported using Premiere's Main Concept MPEG converter. Everything is 4:3.

I have authored v1.0 of the disk with just a main menu and 5 buttons, with labels, which would run each of the cartoons. I am trying a more advanced author with each button bringing up a sub-screen which has a description of the cartoon, with a play button. Everything works on both versions.

EXCEPT, on both versions, what looks good on the computer screen, looks horrible on the TV. I know that a computer monitor resolution is infinitely better than a TV. My concern is that DVDIt made no attempt to scale properly for the TV. Items I placed on the main menu, like buttons, or text headings, while perfect on the computer, are cut off on the screen.

Am I doing something wrong? Why would DVDIt take the screen layout, author it, and burn it, if 25% of the 4 sides are just going to be cut off? How can I more properly set up my screen so that it looks ok on an actual TV

Your advice is appreciated!

[Reaper88]

I have this problem too. I just dont put any buttos near the edge of the menu. I would also like to know if there is a way to fix this.

[SVCDummy]

Just in case anyone is interested...

DVDiT is no longer available from the SONIC website for trial download.

If you don't have it bundled with your DVD-RW drive then you probably are outa luck.

Someone should probably update the link in the tools section.