4:3 scenes menu for 16:9 movie in dvd lab pro?

[Crazyj32]

Is it possible to make a 4:3 menu linking to chapters in a 16:9 widescreen movie in dvd lab pro? Or would i have to link up this after compiling using ifo edit?

[guns1inger]

You can have a 4:3 menu and a 16:9 movie in DLP. Configure this in the Project Settings dialogue. You can't have a mixture of 16:9 and 4:3 menus, so all menus would be 4:3. You can also control how the menus appear depending on how the player is configured.

[Crazyj32]

kool thnx

[dwiesel]

I've been working with this as well, but my solution has not been that simple.

...because I use a motion menu that is 4:3 "letterboxed", I needed to modify the menu setting in IFOedit to be "16:9, auto pan and scan". I have a 4:3 TV and it looks like the original DVD I ripped it from. I assume that for a widescreen TV it would look larger yet appropriately fine in terms of ratio.

Here's the problem I'm having: the chapter buttons I created for the menu look ok when viewed on my 4:3 TV; when I change the DVD setting to be 16:9 so I can make sure the buttons would display correctly on a widescreen TV --and when I play the DVD on my PC -- the chapter buttons are skewed and not adjusting to the new display ratio. However when I look at the commercial DVD I ripped the menu from, the chapter buttons always stay in the correct location regardless of the DVD setting being 4:3 or 16:9

Would anyone have any idea why this is happening, and how to correct? I have tried everything, it's driving me nuts. Thanks.

[borax]

The 'scaling' of 16:9 videos is done by the player (widescreen/letterboxed/Pan&Scan), but not the scalling of subtitles (button highlights are just a special kind of a subtitle). Therefore if all options should be available (widescreen + letterboxed + Pan&Scan) you need 3 'sets' of subtitles for the buttons. I don't know if this is possible/supported by dvdlab.

[dwiesel]

Thanks...I'll have to keep plugging away...just wondered if anyone who used DVDLAB-PRO came across this problem.