dvdr video...

[maxshot]

Hello, most dvds let you choose if you want to see
the movie in widescreen format or fullscreen. Is there
a way that i can do the same when making a (dvdr). I
use TMPGEnc author, also what about zooming in and out
of the picture, just wondering.

Thanks..

[ZippyP.]

You would have to rip both versions of the film, encode them so that they will fit on 1/2 a disk then author them so that you have a menu to choose which version you want. The problem is that you would only have 1/2 the space for each version, so you would have to drop the bitrate and resolution in half when you encode and the quality would suffer.

My 2 cents - Why do it anyway? Fullscreen is crap. You miss 1/3 of the image and the picture is completely butchered. Don't bother.

PS - Zooming is a function built into your DVD player so you don't need to do it with the movie.