Anamorphic 16/9: DVD Player pulsing light

I have figured out how to burn a DVD at 16/9. Essentually, save FCE project as Quick Time Movie (not self contained), drop Quick Time file on Anamorphicizer, drag resulting .mov file onto iDVD.
Played back using DVD Player on my computer looks fine except that there is a soft pulsating of light and dark. I have tried playing the DVD on an LCD projector and screen, but don't see the pulsing light. I am using a 22 inch Planar LCD moniter (pulsing light with my old 19 inch too). I don't see the pulsing light if I just play the Quick Time movie on my computer, but that is not 16/9.
Any suggestions as to why my computer gives me a pulsing light when I am playing back the DVD I made?
Thanks

I have also burned a DVD using QT Pro Properties, deselecting "Preserve Aspect Ratio" and setting the size to 975 x 548.
The aspect ration comes out perfect both ways. But there is a pulsing light when I play the resulting DVD back on my computer.
Anyone else have this problem?

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Aspect ration (16/9) is perfect but the light pulses every half second or so. The same burned DVD plays perfectly on a separate DVD player (with the correct mode setting). Why can't my comuter play this burned DVD?
The QT mov file plays on my computer without the pulsing light. Just the burned DVD has this problem.

....or is there a better application to produce decent DVD of photo slideshows?
Yes. It's called DVDSP (apple's top of the line DVD Authoring application). It has a much longer learning curve than iDvd and is more $$$ but it does work well. The Help Menu alone is over 640 pages long. However, is this app significantly better than iDvd solely in terms of visual quality?.... No.
But it does offer many more tools to address visual artifacts on the finished DVD, more audio control, much better control of durations per slide, audio, buttons that work as expected, among other things. (for additional examples of this see chapter 12 of the DVDSP Help Menu / starting on p. 373).
Short of DVDSP, and much less money, you can also try these 2 third party apps which come highly recommended on this iDvd Forum:
http://www.lqgraphics.com/software/phototomovie.php
http://www.boinx.com/fotomagico/overview/
At the moment most macs do not yet support burning to Blueray (which does offer much better results). Once this technology is more commonplace, then I believe we will see a significant improvement in what you are trying to do above.
Hope this is helpful but if not just come on back.
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Problem to playback 16/9on DVD Player...original export HD to SD 16/9

Hi,
I need some serious help on that one ( need to complete the project for this Friday..)
Basically I created an edit on FCP on a timeline with the following settings:
-aspect ratio:HDTV 720p (16/9). As it has been shot with a JVC camera(GY-HD111)on a HDV 720p format..
-Pixel aspect ratio: Square ( no anamorphic)
-field dominance:none
-Quictime video settings, compressor:HDV 720p25
then I exported to sequence trough compressor for DVD Studio Pro, under the following settings:
-DVD best quality 90 mn (the duration of the sequence is 10mn)
(making sure the Mpeg 2 format includes a PAL-25 fames-16/9 settings..)
Then, after creating my menu on DVD Studio Pro, again making sure that the following settings were selected:
-Display mode of the menu:16/9 Pan Scan and Letter-box
-Display mode of the attached tracks:16/9 pan scan and letterbox..
I then did a build/format to burn the DVD.
Now the problem that is happening is that for some reason (and i tried on different DVD Players and screens)The DVD players Play the DVD on a 16/9 screen as a 4/3..so it means that when I set upthe screen on a 16/9 format the picture become stretched and on a 4/3 it appears normal but of course the borders are cropped...Now when I build and burn the same project with 16/9 letterbox(only)settings it works fine but the idea is to be able to watch the video as a 16/9 full screen..I really don't understand what is happening..tried many options still not working..Would anyone be abble to help me with this ? (in the settings of build/format there is a tick for lossless linking in destination...would it be related?) I am quite lost on the all thing especially I need to burn the DVD for tomorrow..Please help me!!
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First off, yes, 16:9 Letterbox is the Display Ratio you want to use in DVDSP. Unless you actually do want the edges cropped off (and common request for menus, at least). In that case, select 16:9 Pan-Scan. The 16:9 Pan-Scan & Letterbox choice in DVDSP is not what you'd normally want to use, because it depends on the TV Shape setting on your DVD Player.
Speaking of the TV Shape setting (sometimes labeled as Aspect Ratio) on your DVD Player, make sure the players that are connected to your 16:9 sets are correctly set to 16:9 or Widescreen (manufacturers use different naming conventions).

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h.
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DVD Movie is "lighter" than the M2v File - ?????

Hello Board,
I need help . . . . again!
I used the NTSC monitor to color and export the my short film and it looked FINE. Many of the scenes were dimmed (darkened Intentionally) intentionally to create and omnious effect.
I had to take the monitor back but everything seemed fine. I exported the project via Compressor - Best - 90 minute setting.
I watched the M2V on the computer and it looked great, so I imported the M2V into DVD pro and created a very basic DVD.
I burned the DVD pro project to DVD using Toast Titanium 6.
Now here's the twist. When I watched the DVD on TV, the images were significally ligter than in the M2V file and the DVD SP viewer.
I said ok, let me put the DVD into the computer and see if it looks different on the computer LCD and it did not, it was still lighter.
I then did a side by side comparison - with the M2V screen up on the left and the Mac DVD player screen up on the right. I went to the same frame in both and behold, the DVD version is noticable ligher. Things that are concealed by Shadow in the M2V can be seen in the DVD version.
Is it possible that something in the burn process did this. Or could it be that I saved the file a certain way in DVD SP and that did it?
I don't think it's an issue with Compressor, because why didn;t the M2V file look light on the computer.
Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Lin

It's probably not a problem with Toast or DVD SP. It's the same old display and TV calibration issue that many complain about. Try this with Apple's DVD Player -- switch to an NTSC display profile and see what the DVD looks like then. However, the latter is not a "fix," just an example of how display gamma and calibration can affect results.
I'd suggest that Lin review the following tutorials on color and brightness adjustments:
http://www.signvideo.com/dv-black-levels-dvd-authoring-mpeg-2-part-1.htm
http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/video_levelsnattress.html
You might also find some useful information in the following thread:
Waymen, "DVDSP 3 adds ten pounds of brightness on formatting!!!" #16, 03:08pm Sep 13, 2005 CDT<small><hr width="75%"><small>If this suggestion helps in any way, a confirmation or acknowledgment would be appreciated, since that would also help others who may be having the same difficulty. Do for others as you would have them help you.<center>Thanks for sharing, Waymen.</center></small>

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Hi powerbookaid
And welcome to apple discussions. It's actually difficult to find standalone versions on ebay and CL / Apple's FCP and DVDSP. I found them myself but it took me a very long time. Not always something you can do overnight. But if you are very patient something will show up eventually.
If you need something now that works (although I advise caution as in backup your dvd or video_TS first) then consider this app for much less money (donationware):
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in Apple dvd player there is an audio glitch. But on the original mpeg there is no audio glitch there.
when played on a dvd player the glitches are not heard
Have you played the DVD with more than one player without hearing glitches? What, exactly is the glitch? A click? In any case what you report suggests that there is a problem with Apple's DVD Player.
Do you hear the glitch when you play the DVD (the physical disk) with Apple's DVD Player?
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DVX Anamorphic Movie to DVD

Hello,
I've been having a really hard time researching this issue, though I know it exists somewhere! Help would be much appreciated, even if pointing me in the right direction regarding previous posts.
My situation:
I've successfully captured and edited NTSC anamorphically squeezed content captured on a DVX-100A at 24PA. I used "Advanced Pulldown Removal" and edited on a 23:98 timeline.
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First, is Compressor preferable over QuickTime Movie as the export option? I've heard a number of things, including export using QT Movie and allow DVDSP to encode.
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Macphilia wrote:
First, is Compressor preferable over QuickTime Movie as the export option? I've heard a number of things, including export using QT Movie and allow DVDSP to encode.
If you can get Compressor to work for you - and, unfortunately, many folks can't - it is the preferred choice (vs allowing DVDSP to encode) since only Compressor will create a 23.98 encode. DVDSP will actually add frames to the encode to create a 29.97 encode.
Since this comes up all the time: if you do encode in Compressor, as 23.98, do not be alarmed when you import your .m2v - the encoded MPEG-2 video file - into DVDSP and it reads as 29.97. That's DVDSP reading the flags placed into the .m2v file to make it legal for DVD use (DVD video files must be playable at 29.97). Compressor does not add actual pulldown frames (like DVDSP's internal encoder does).
I mention all this because since you shot 24pA and edited in 23.98, creating a 29.97 DVD is a waste. At least in my snobby opinion.
I'm essentially looking for a basic method to author anamorphic FCP movies.
JS Langham has got you on the right path - set the Track's Display Mode (in DVDSP) to 16:9 Letterbox and you should be good to go, so long as your encode is anamorphic.
If you must use DVDSP's internal encoder (because Compressor won't work or it's got you running scared), make sure it knows to encode your material as 16:9 (I do not recall if that is the default setting or not).

How do I get past "can't find valid dvd player" error?

This is regarding a G4 powermac running Tiger 10.4.3
My Sony dual layer DRX-720UL/T seems to work fine with DVD-ROM content. My kids use it for DVD-ROM games and I had no problem installing Tiger. Problem comes in when I open "DVD player" and get a "Can't find valid dvd player," error. They're connected via Firewire 400, and I've tried the USB link, just to see, but the same error comes up. I'm fairly certain that I viewed a DVD before upgrading to Tiger. The Sony is supposed to be fully mac compatiable, and even comes with Toast light 6. Again all seems to be well except for the fact that DVD player won't allow me to view a NTSC DVD. No matter how many I try.

What drive was in this G4 prior?
If you did not have a DVD drive, you need to use Pacifist to extract & install DVD Player.app; downloading or drag&drop won't work.
Also, Sony drives are probably the worst when it comes to compatability; one specific model may work fine, and others not. This should be less of an issue in Tiger, but only if the problem is other than the optical drive firmware, about which you can do nothing (on a Mac), unlike Pioneer & NEC drives that have mac-based flashers available.
If DVD Player was installed previously, based on having a DVD drive prior to Tiger install, you may want to try running the 10.4.3 Combo updater over your existing install.

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