Getting 9:16 menus in Nero Vision 4 - HOW?

This problem is frustrating me! I'm using Nero 7 Ultra and using the "Make your own DVD-video".


1. I select "Make your own DVD-video", Nero Vision 4 opens (version 4.5.0.24).

2. In 'video options' I select PAL and 16:9 for aspect ratio.

3. I import using "add video files", an avi file. When imported it says that it is 704 x 576(D1) - 16:9. (I know that is NTSC size however-see note below!).

4. On the next page where I design my menu, it only shows 4:3 menus and not 9:16.

How do I get 9:16 menus from this program?

Same problem if I select an NTSC session also.

any help appreciated.

 

Have you tried burning the movie yet? Its not going to show up right away. Try burning it first.

 

I tried burning the movie.

I then play with Nero Showtime. The movie starts with the menu in 4:3 (the display window resizes to 4:3). I click on the start button, I created in the menu and then the window resizes to 9:16 and movie plays in 9:16 mode.

If I then interupt the move by selecting the menu (or root) on the control panel, the window resizes back to 4:3 and displays the menu again (in 4:3). Playing the move again, it all goes back to 9:16 as expected.

It is only the menu which will not display in 9:16, grrrrrrr!

PowerDVD player displays similar effect!

 

I think that option is only available for the movie, not the menu.

 

If the option is only for the movie and not the menu then in my view that has got to be a 'bug'. I can see no logical reason why it should be like that.

thanks for your comments tho.

Brian

 

The problem is that what Nero calls "16:9" is not really 16:9. Officially this is called "4:3 letterboxed". That means that the picture is 4:3 with black above and beneath the movie. What your 16:9 TV does is "pan and scan" the black areas away by zooming in on the movie (which by-the-way means you lose quality).
Nero creates a 720x576 DVD (PAL), but 16:9 should be 1024x576 pixels (PAL). I hope Nero will make real 16:9 possible in the next version.

Mars.

 

Thanks for the explanation. That makes sense to me. I always wondered how in PAL, 720 x 576 could sometimes be 4:3 and at other times 9:16. Fact is, it never is, as the 1024 x 576 dimensions for 9:16 makes much more sense.

thanks for that...Brian