Window-boxing Videos to DVD?

[Welles Fan]

I have been archiving laserdiscs and old VHS movies to DVD-R. The programs at my disposal are TMPGenc and Adobe Premiere 6.5. I want to "window-box" some of the videos to DVD-R. That is, I want to zoom back the frame a bit to see all the bits on the sides that are cut off due to TV over-scan. Is there a thread or tutorial anyone can direct me to? Buying a new software package is not out of the question...

[Supreme2k]

You can do it in TMPGEnc. I think it's in the advanced tab under Settings

use the Clip Frame option and add a 16-22 pixel border on each side.

[Welles Fan]

I am bumping this because I still have not resolved this. When I said I was using TMPGenc, I meant TMPGenc DVD Author.

I now have TMPGenc 3.0 Xpress. In the "Filters" section, there is a "resize" option. This looks as if I can center the video, and decrease the pixels around the frame to make the thin black border so I will know I am losing nothing to overscan.

However, I am confused as to how to "set output". With the TMPGenc DVD Author software, this is easy. Once you've finished dinking around with your clips and menus, you simply hit the output button, and it converts everything to DVD-ready files while incorporating all your changes. When I hit the "set output" button on TMPGenc 3.0 Xpress, it brings up a window called "Output Format Selection", with a "browse" button, and a "select" and "cancel" button. What am I supposed to be browsing for? I thought the program would simply output what I had resized to vts, vob files, etc.

I've looked at the how-to guide, but it does not explain this part for me either. It shows that you click on the "Set Output" button, but says nothing about the new "Output Format Selection" window. Bottom line: after dinking around with the clip, how do I export the changes to DVD-ready files?

[Welles Fan]

Bump