Cropped picture (left/right) after authoring in Ulead DVD Workshop

[mltwitz]

I authored some mpeg files using Ulead DVD Workshop 2, but when I watch them on my TV (SONY Widescreen HD) or portable DVD player, the left and right borders are cropped badly. I don't understand this, all the files are 720x480 mpeg-2, 100% DVD compliant (rendered in Vegas), they play on the PC without any sign of cropping and when importing in Ulead DVD workshop and testing the DVD project, there isn't any cropping either.

Do I have to re-encode all my files adding a black box around the picture or how can I fix this the most efficient way (hopefully without re-rendering everything)? Any help is appreciated.

[lordsmurf]

Read this:
http://www.digitalfaq.com/dvdguides/capture/understandsource.htm#overscan

[mltwitz]

OK, got it, the TV crops my borders. Is it possible to add black borders to my clips without re-encoding? If so how? If not, which mehtod/tools give me the best results? I guess I could use CCE SP2, it has an internal resizer that can also ad borders, or?

[guns1inger]

FitCD and avisynth are another approach. Have a read of this sticky : https://forum.videohelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=306342

[theewizard]

why are are you adding borders ? to the file which extends its resolution expanding the image is why it's getting cropped by the over scan, or am i misunderstanding what you said ?

[guns1inger]

You are completely mis-understanding, and need to read some of the posts referred to (above) to understand what is happening and why this fixes it. And while I understand your desire to learn and question, it would be better if you started your own threads to do so. You seem to be getting into the habit of hijacking other's threads to ask your own questions. This is frowned upon and will eventually draw the attention of the mods.