How do I dvd a 720x480 16:9 movie without the black bars?

[mommyc]

How do I dvd a 720x480 16:9 movie without the black bars? I use tmpgenc 3.0 to encode it to m2v file. It has a setting for 16:9 which i select, but it still comes out with black bars on top and bottom? Does anybody know how to get rid of those black bars. Thanks

[mats.hogberg]

..when viewed/played back on what?

/Mats

[thecoalman]

When you encode and author a video as 16:9 the black bars are added by the DVD player. Use 4:3 instead.

[BJ_M]

maybe they are supposed to be there as do most film source (which are 2.11 or 2.35 ratio)

[Baldrick]

What is your source video resolution/frame size?

[mommyc]

I play it on a dvd player...what i really want to do is view it on a 16:9 flat screen without the black bars? I made the movie 16:9 without the black bars in premiere...is it possible to view it 16:9 in dvd format? if I dvd it with a 4:3 ratio isn't that cheating? It's not 16:9...Thanks for your answers. I really appreciate all the help I can get. Thanks

[guns1inger]

If the aspect ratio of the image is wider than 1.78:1 then you will get black bars, even on a widescreen TV. The only way to get rid of them is to cut off some of the left and/or right sides of the image, and zoom in.

Have a read of this : http://gregl.net/videophile/anamorphic.htm and this : http://www.thedigitalbits.com/articles/anamorphic/aspectratios/widescreenorama.html to understand how it works, and to work out which applies in your case.

[mommyc]

Thanks so much!!!! This forum is great!