How to remove overscan lines?

[pred02]

Hi,

I transfered a bunch of Hi8 videos using a Digital8 camcorder to the computer. I edited the videos, compressed them and burned them to DVD (MPEG2). It's all fine, but I can see the overscan lines on the plasma TV.

I know that the overscan lines are normal for regular TV, but they are visible on the plasma.

Is there a Premier filter or anything I can do to remove the lines, or to stretch the picture before re-mastering it to the DVD?

Many thanks!

[lordsmurf]

The lines should not be visible on a plasma. You've done something wrong, be it when making the DVD, or in the DVD player or TV settings.

Leave it interlaced. Deinterlacing will make it look awful. Fix the right thing, not the wrong one.

[pred02]

I captured it in WinDV then edited in Premier. In Premier you can see the lines, as you can on the final product. Perhaps the tapes are old or the heads need cleaning? Here is a snapshot from the original AVI to which it was captured in WinDV.

Please see the attached image... The line is very visible on the bottom and is on all the video.

Thanks!

[edDV]

[quote="pred02"]I captured it in WinDV then edited in Premier. In Premier you can see the lines, as you can on the final product. Perhaps the tapes are old or the heads need cleaning? Here is a snapshot from the original AVI to which it was captured in WinDV.

Please see the attached image... The line is very visible on the bottom and is on all the video.

Thanks!
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Rare that the line at the bottom and the right h shift (left black blanking) would be seen on a normal TV. Most here think overscan is excessive on most TV sets.

Any "fix" would lower the quality of the original file. Keep the original file and the original tapes if this material is important. The least destructive "fix" would be to overlay a border on all 4 sides.

[pred02]

The bottom line seems quiet excessive. So a blank line at the botton would be good? Or crop? Isn't there are Premier filter or something similar for this situation?

Thanks!

[2Bdecided]

Don't crop, just overlay a black bar over the junk.

Modern TVs apply more overscan to their composite video inputs than to their component video inputs.

So VHS > TV (via composite) results in the crap being invisible, whereas VHS > DVD > TV (via component) results in the crap being very visible.

It's very common to see almost all active lines when connecting via component to a modern TV. The assumption is that component sources are clean!

Cheers,
David.

[edDV]

Amount of TV overscan varies by the TV.

The modern plasma and LCD-TV sets still overscan around 5% on all but the PC/Game port.

[pred02]

The TV is a 50 inch Panasonic Pro version (no tuner) via HDMI input from a Philips DVD. Clearly visible on my computer, and on the Plasma monitor.

I will try cleaning it up in Adobe.

[lordsmurf]

Adobe does not necessarily import the correct format of video (interlace vs progressive), nor does it always get the field order correctly. I would guess your problem lies here. If I rush, sometimes I forget to check when setting up my project.

As far as the overscan area, mask it (put black over it -- DO NOT STRETCH IT!)