Black borders around...

[Eazy]

Hi,

I have this very strange problem that I just can't figure it out!!

I want to record the visuals played on my computer monitor with my Sony miniDV camera and make a DVD.

I set the video to play fullscreen, connect the miniDV cam through S-video out and hit record. Recorded images are totally fullscreen in the camera's screen. Even when I connect the camera to a TV moinitor and the images are still full screen.

"BUT" when I connect the camera through firewire to my laptop (Dell Insipron) to capture the image for some reason there are big huge black borders around it and that's how I end up capturing. My video card is Radeon 7500. I tried with FCP, Adobe Premiere, 640x480, 800x600, and the result is the same....

What I don't understand is that why do the black borders get added automatically although the video is captured fullscreen and display correctly on the monitors?? Is this firewire thing? I have heard the term "overscan" and if this is what I have to adjust where can I set it up?

Any suggestions or opinions will be highly appreciated.

Thanks bunch in advance

Eazy

[Matt D]

You say it looks right on your TV monitor and that's exactly what the border is for. If it wasn't there than a TV's overscan would chop the picture itself off on the sides and top and bottom. A computer monitor doesn't overscan which is why you can see the border on your laptop.
If this disc is for use with a standalone on a TV you should just leave it IMO.