burned vcds playing with edges cut off in dvd

[boredsofcanada]

whenever i play a subbed vcd in my dvd player the edges of the video get cut off and i get subtitles that don't fit on my screen. (eg if the text is 'so i blah blah' i just see 'o i blah blah'. i've tried playing these vcds on 2 different tvs and dvd players and both have the same problem. i've also tried burning with nero and vcdeasy. when i play a subbed vcd in my computer the subtitles come out fine and nothing is chopped off, it only happends when i try to play it through a dvd player on tv.

can anyone help me?

[Baldrick]

All TVs has some overscan(cuts the image a bit) so when makeing VCD with subs you must be sure to move them high enough(if you are making them).


Search for overscan in this forum for more info.

[glen8]

I had the same problem. You need to decrease the image by 10% but keep the overall canvas size the same. You will end up with a thick border around the image. Colour this to match the menu and it will be displayed fine on your TV. Best to use photoshop for this.

Heres how :

Start photoshop and load your image
Click on Image at the top and select canvas size
width = 10 percent
height = 10 percent
tick the relative box
click the centre of the grid
ok

[glen8]

sorry wrong post