16:9 workflow question

[cptvideo]

I'm making my first project with widescreen, standard definition, output to DVD.

Shooting native 16:9, editing in Avid Xpress DV, exporting via Quicktime Reference at 864 x 486.

How do I encode this and get it onto a DVD so that it plays correctly on a widescreen monitor?

The encoder I've been using, CCB, won't accept frames larger than
720 x 576. But is has a 16:9 setting for output. I'm not quite sure what to make of that.

Thanks for any help, Craig Umanoff

[Zeul]

Please don't double post - all help will be given when available.

[Mug Funky]

don't resize your video to square pixels... it's unnecessary. if you must overlay graphics and stuff later, simply interpret your footage as 16:9 anamorphic and the program will know what to do (be it after effects, FCP or whatever). if you're making graphics in photoshop, create them in 853x480 and resize to 720x480 when you're done with them.

leave it at 720 wide and encode it that way.

also, is your footage shot at 486 lines or 480? ie is it DV (480) or Digibeta (486)?

[slk001]

You take your QT video and resize it to 720x480, then encode it normally. If the encoder (CCB?) has an aspect ratio button, set it to 16:9 (but it doesn't matter, because the DVD authoring process sets the project AR).

The player sees the 16:9 flag and "expands" your video accordingly. That's the "anamorphic" in anamorphic widescreen DVD.