Probably real simple, but I got confused with to much info..

[pochrist]

Real simple, and I did do a search and read alot of stuff but I have to ask it so I know I under stand it.

I took a home video and put it on DVD I encoded at 4:3 / 720x480, now on my PC it looks fine when I play it on Power DVD, but when I put it in my DVD player for the T.V. it goes beyond the limits of the screen.
I read some people saying to subtract between 5-10% from the size you have to adjust for a T.V.
I have a 29" T.V. I formated under NTSC standars.

Is there a simple rule of thumb for doing playing on my T.V.? TIA

[ImaWeTodd]

https://www.videohelp.com/glossary#Overscan

720 * 5% = 36 pixels on each side
480 * 5% = 24 pixels top and bottom

Just know you will not see and take it into account when you frame the shot.

If you want, you can resize your current video to 648x432 and then add a black border to make it 720x480 again. This will be a pain if you have interlaced source (ie from a dv cam), especially if you are picky.

[pochrist]

If you want, you can resize your current video to 648x432 and then add a black border to make it 720x480 again. This will be a pain if you have interlaced source (ie from a dv cam), especially if you are picky.

Ok I have Captured video off of my Digtal Camcorder, I used Abobe premiere to add transitions and effects, now do I have to use another program to add the black bars?

[ImaWeTodd]

Sorry I don't know premiere.

Do you use the Mainconcept plugin to go to Mpeg? Or do you use TMPGEnc? I think TMPGEnc can do this.

I would use Avisynth, but is a very different tool than Premiere.

I would search for edit guides or post something like "Resize and add borders in Premiere, How?"