Hello! I could really use some help in finding out why my DVD is not coming out correctly. I am not sure if this will be an Encore or Premier issue.
I am using Premiere Pro CS5 and Encore CS5.
My project is for a graduation video with a slide show and some video footage of interviews of the students. In my PPro project, I created several sequences, each with the setting "DV-NTSC/Widescreen48k". Each sequence was then to be a different link in my dvd later. (Interview question 1, question 2, slide show, etc)
Before starting on the Encore project, I output each sequence to the H.264 format, with preset "NTSC DV Widescreen High Quality". These settings make a 720x480 29.97 fps, lower field order, with pixel aspect ratio at 16:9. I can then stream that to to my Samsung wide screen SmartTV and check it out. It looks great, fills the screen perfectly.
I then moved on to the Encore side of the project. I created a new project called ClassOf2014. Default settings were Authoring mode = dvd, Television standard NTSC. I did not touch Default Transcode settings. I imported my menu using stock menu Education/Class Menu HD and Class Subment HD. These show up as 720x480 with apect ratio 16:9. I then used Adoce Link/Iport Adobe Premire Sequence, and imported each sequence that I wanted.
Once imported, I right click that object and choose New/Timeline. It creates a timeline for me. That also shows 720x480 16:9.
Once editing was done, I checked the project and output it to a disc.
Here's my problem: When I play the disc back using a DVD player on the same TV i tested my h.264 files on, the screen goes the full with but the height is cutoff about 2-3 inches top and bottom. I know it is not the DVD player as I can insert other dvd's that people have made and they take up the full screen. (Maybe they didn't choose 16:9, I don't know). Am I doing something wrong within this process? I admit I don't know much about the proper sizing of this but I thought as Long as I was always telling it 720x480 16:9, and it was testing good using the individual files, I figured the DVD would work the same way.
Is there anything I can do to get my DVD to be created and output and use the entire screen?
Message was edited by: Pete Chirpich I forgot to add: In my Premier project, I created a new sequence with preset HDV/HDV720p30. That gave me a sequence with 1280x720 and 29.97 fps. I copied my slide show from 1 sequence into this new sequence. I then updated my Encore project by importing this sequence and pointing a menu option to it. When I created the DVD it still did not fill the screen. That is why this seems to be an Encore issue to me.