Adding subpicture to make video widescreen

[fateman]

I've been working on adding a subpicture of black bars on top and bottom of a dvd I've been working on, as an option, so you could turn it on or off (that's why I'm trying it as a subpicture, not on the actual video). I'm using Scenarist and everytime I put it on the video, a small part of the video shows above the top bar. What am I doing wrong?

Also, what is a good program to create subtitles (.sst files)?

Thanks

[Cannonball888]

Adding subpictures top and bottom to a fullscreen movie doesn't make it widescreen. In fact fullscreen displays 30 percent less of the movie than the original widescreen format. If you are blocking out part of your fullscreen movie with subpictures then you are losing even more.

[fateman]

the original video is in 4:3, not widescreen. i'm just wondering if the glitch i'm encountering if fixable