Is there anyway to stop over scan?

[andre477]

I know I've made several threads before dealing with over scan. I just want to make it clear if there are any programs out there that will stop the image from going off the left and right screen on a burned dvd.

See, my computer crashed on me about a month ago. Before that I was using convertxtodvd 3 and then pgcedit(domain stream attributes, ticking letterbox). All I remember is that the dvd's I was burning weren't over scanning on my tv. They seemed to be coming out perfect. Now that I reinstalled my OS and got my programs back it seems like I'm doing something wrong now because the dvd's seem like they are over scanned on my tv now.

I tried ifoedit also. All the settings were set correctly based off a picture guide I was looking at, so I didn't need to change anything.

I can't use fitcd because some of my movies are in mkv format and fitcd wouldn't let me open it up.

I tried messing around with the video settings and dvd specification settings in convertxtodvd but the movies are still coming out over scanned. Only the left and right are going off the screen. The top and bottom black bars seem normal as if I were watching it on my computer screen.

So are there any programs out there that will lock the aspect ratio so that the picture doesn't go off the screen? Thanks.

[jagabo]

Overscan is a property of the device (TV) that's displaying the video, not the video itself. If your TV doesn't have a non-overscan option the only "fix" is use a player that adds a border around the frame (many computer graphics cards have this option, I've never seen it in a standalone DVD player) or to add a black border around the video in an editor and reencode it.

If convertxtodvd videos weren't be cut off by overscan then it must have an option to add borders somewhere.

[tinker]

From what you wrote I understand that you are using your computer to play DVD on TV being a second monitor.
I would look at the setting of second monitor on your video card properties.

[manono]

I can't use fitcd because some of my movies are in mkv format and fitcd wouldn't let me open it up.

You may not be able to open the MKV, but you can certainly fill in the source resolution manually and do everything else just as if it had opened. Then edit the AviSynth script you usually use to add in the new crop/resize/addborders figures.

[MysticE]

Overscan is a property of the device (TV) that's displaying the video, not the video itself. If your TV doesn't have a non-overscan option the only "fix" is use a player that adds a border around the frame (many computer graphics cards have this option, I've never seen it in a standalone DVD player) or to add a black border around the video in an editor and reencode it.

If convertxtodvd videos weren't be cut off by overscan then it must have an option to add borders somewhere.

My Philips has a reverse zoom that makes the image smaller (adding the appropriate bars all around).

To the OP CXD3 can accomplish what you need, it's just so damn unintuitive. Leaving Video Resize to 'Automatic' will always blow up a 2.35 movie to about 1.85, cropping the sides in the process. To maintain the original AR you must choose 'User: cropping and padding' for Resize method tick 'Letterbox'. To combat side to side overscan losses you need to tick User Defined resize and play around there. I simply ticked each bar (H/V) and used the arrow keys (10 clicks each) to get what you see in pic 2.