subtitles are partically cut off

[schunn99]

good day all,
I am having a problem with a dvd I made,
here's what I did:
I took 24 avi files and then I then encoded into mpeg 2 svcd format.
then I extracted the audio and changed the audio to 48khz.
Then I put the audio and video into dvd-lab
after that I authored the files with dvd-lab.
then I created a svcd-dvd.
All the video files were encoded @ 352x240, and I burned them to a dvd+rw, which I can get to play on several of my dvd players, but the videos are subbed in english and the subtitles are getting cut off at the bottom of the screen, do I need to re-encode? If so to what resolution, I used 352x240 originally to help save space so I would be able to fit all 24 episodes of a series on to one dvd.
If I have to re-encode to what resolution would be best, that would not increase the overall file sizes that much?
Most of the files around 100-150mb total not including audio.
newbie to dvd making,
thanks for help,
sincerely,
schunn99

[guns1inger]

Resolution is not the issue. The problem is overscan. CRT TVs consist os a glass tube, enclosed in a housing. This housing overlaps the edges of the screen. Your clips are filling the entire screen, but the subs are disappearing behind the housing, cutting them off.

You have two choices, both of which require recoding. If you used TMPGEnc to encode them, there should be an option somewhere to keep the current aspect ration/resolution, but centre it within a thin black border. This border will be visible if you play it back on your PC, but should be hidden behind the housing on your TV.

The other choice is to create the border manually in an editor such as Premiere. Create a new project with a black background. Load your clips and overlay them on the background. Turn on the title safe/action safe guides, and resize the clips to fit within the outer most of these (the action safe guide).

[schunn99]

thanks,
do you know what the effect or specific setting is called that you mentioned earlier about tmpgenc?
thanks again,
sincerely,
schunn99

[johns0]

tmpgenc settings are settings/advanced/clip frame/arrange setting/center(custom size) and adjust the picture so you get black borders of around 16 pixels and encode a sample to make sure you get the desired results and readjust if neccessary.