Video Size Problems

[threyon]

Hello. I'm having a minor problem with Toast Titanium 6. I burned a video DVD with 3 video files on it. They were all 640x480 MPEG-4 files. When I played the DVD in a couple different DVD players and TVs, a few of the edges seemed to be clipped off, mostly the top and bottom edges and a bit off the left/right sides. It is mostly noticeable because the video file contains subtitles. Is there a way to fix this?

[John at Roxio]

This depends on a couple of things.

1) The encoder in Toast 6 isnt as good as the one in 7. If possible, upgrade to 7.

2) The source files can make a difference as well, try different source files and see if you get different results.

[Larry]

This depends on a couple of things.

1) The encoder in Toast 6 isnt as good as the one in 7. If possible, upgrade to 7.

2) The source files can make a difference as well, try different source files and see if you get different results.

Are the edges 'cuttoff' when played on the pc also? If not, this could just be the 'overscan' function of the tv set(s).