DVD authoring - flip between 16:9 and PanScan

[keithsebastian]

Hi guys,

Is it possible to have a DVD authored so that it switches in real time
between 16:9 letterbox and pan&scan?

I need to do this 'cause some of my captured dvb videos are native
16:9, but switch to "4:3 within 16:9" for some clips.
When this happens I want the video displayed in center-cut (pan&scan) mode.

I read in a different forum that DVDMaestro can do it . Here's how it was put "having the ability to have both 16:9 and PanScan (say for music videos) flipping happily throughout the entire length."

Thanks in advance,
Keith

[flaninacupboard]

if it were split into different titles it would be easy to do, not sure if it's all the same title.

also, this will make the video a bit funky when you're viewing on a wide display, it would switch between corret aspect ratio and a stretched ratio...

[keithsebastian]

Thanks for the reply. Splitting the video is too much work. Also, I wouldn't bother about wide displays as I don't have one.

[flaninacupboard]

Thanks for the reply. Splitting the video is too much work. Also, I wouldn't bother about wide displays as I don't have one.

only a matter of time
Seriously, it's worth thinking about - i've gone through replacing a load of material i made before i had a wide TV, wish i'd done it for wide first time round!