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DVD menu display problems with Elements 10

Jul 20, 2012 9:22 AM

Hello everyone

Getting frustrated with what should be a simple DVD authoring task on my Mac. I've created a project using 16x9 clips and successfully burnt wonderful AVCHD disks that display perfectly. However, the problem has arisen when trying to burn widescreen DVDs of the same project. The menu (using the "outdoor" wedding template) will not display in full screen when I use my own 16x9 background image: instead, it displays as a squashed 4x3 image with black bars either side. Even on an old 4x3 TV, the image is squashed and does not fill the screen. The footage itself displays correctly, as does the scenes menu (which does not use my own image).

This is not the only problem I've experienced with the templates. When I've burnt AVCHD disks and used my own 16x9 background image, there appears black bars on the left and right of the screen - as a workaround, I've changed the background directly in Photoshop, but not an ideal solution (I know this issue has been raised recently on this site and apparently engineers are looking into it...)

Any help gratefully received!

Martin

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1. Steve Grisetti,

Jul 20, 2012 12:28 PM in reply to martinpat1

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This happens often with home-burned DVDs. It's not an issue with the software.

Home burned DVDs don't always trigger the widescreen toggle on DVD players. But if you manually set your disc player to widescreen, it should play just fine.

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2. martinpat1,

Jul 21, 2012 4:30 AM in reply to Steve Grisetti

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Hi Steve

I've tried just about everything, including playing with the DVD player (or rather, it's a blu-ray player), and the same thing always happens, but only to the main menu, which is the strange thing - the scenes menus are fine. Sometimes the bars either side of the image are black, other times they are a silvery "noise"! If I change the size of the imported background image to a 4x3 image, the menu does display widescreew (but of course the background image is only 4x3), and the scenes menu seem to shake slightly. Funnily enough, if I burn a standard, non-widescreen DVD, the main menu displays perfectly, but the scenes menu and the footage is letterboxed (I would expect the footage to be, but why the scenes menu?).

My next step is to try a different blu-ray player - maybe it's a problem with mine, but I get the same problem when I play the DVD on my imac, so I'm really not sure...

Martin

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3. VDOSurfer,

Oct 9, 2012 1:07 PM in reply to martinpat1

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When I tried importing the DVD Template file into Premiere Elements, I see that they are 1440x1080 in resolution. They are the same ones used even when the project/clips are 1920x1080. I think the problem is that the resolution of the template is fixed and the same one is used for all the projects that are deemed "HD".

If the same test works fine on a 1440x1080 project, it will confirm this theory. Either get a clip that is 1440x1080 or Interpret this clip to 1440x1080 from the right click menu in the Project Bin. It is only a theory. Other experts may clarify.

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