Help! Edges cut off screen, Apex 600A

[boriquajt]

I have an Apex 600A, and every VCD and that I have tried have had the same problem, the tops and bottoms were clipped off the screen. When I test out the VCD in the computer, it works and looks fine. I've tried 352x240 NTSC and 352x240 (NTSC 704x480 from TMPENC and various Video Arrange Methods (Center, Full screen, keep aspect ratio, etc). How can I get my movie(s) to at least fit on screen? I wouldn't mind having a letterbox movie. Help!

[Truman]

Let's say you have a 352x240 source, then select video arrange method center(custom size) 320x208 or 336x224 and at the video tab 352x240. If you do this, you are adding 8 resp. 16 pixel borders to all sides. Probably this borders you wont see on TV, this is the so-called "TV overscan area" or something like that. Play around with the borders, I don't know, what you TV screen displays and what not. Resolution of an MPEG should be always multiple of 8. MPEG-2 resolution should be multiple of 16.

[WhoIsTheFly]

I was getting this same thing. Losing something like the equivalent of 10 pixels. really screwed with my subtitles. I haven't tried the resizing suggestion, but I'd wager that sounds like it's right.

Why did I bother to post this then?

I dunno.

Hi.