iDVD and 4:3 Aspect Ratio

Sam Bass videovideo at mac.com
Mon Jan 20 13:20:19 PST 2003


 You export from iMovie to iDVD (using the pull down menu)
iMovie and iDVD display at 640x480 even though the images are really 720x480.

No one should display any heavier than they are.

sb


On Monday, January 20, 2003, at 12:51PM, Thubten Kunga <Kunga at FutureMedia.org> wrote:

>Can you go to a local Apple Store on Saturday and ask a Genius? We 
>don't have the docs yet for iDVD 3. There should be a preference 
>setting to maintain proper aspect ratio. Yours is the first I've ever 
>heard of this problem.
>
>k
>
>On Monday, January 20, 2003, at 10:53  AM, Len McGrandle wrote:
>
>> I am considering installing a Superdrive in my G4 500 AGP for the 
>> purpose of burning DVD's from my collection of family videos on VHS 
>> and Hi8 tapes.  I have already burned VCD's with good success.  In 
>> exporting from imovie I did notice something which concerns me.  The 
>> export for iDVD retains the DV aspect ratio which is wider than 4:3 
>> and so everyone looks too fat!  When I export for VCD this is 
>> corrected.  Does iDVD have the ability to reset the aspect ratio to 
>> 4:3 or do the female choir members on my tapes have to view themselves 
>> as fat people from the DVD??
>>
>> Len



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