I have a set of Kate & Allie DVDs, when I watch it on the TV, it plays fine. But when I watch the DVDs on a computer (My laptop or desktop, it’s the same), I notice at the bottom there is a line about 1/8 or 1/4 of an inch that is just moves back and forth.
Is the term for this overscan? I was trying to encode the DVDs so I could watch them on my computer without the DVDs and the lines come out in the encode.
So I figured before I go about trying to remedy this, I would first ask if this is the correct term, so when I Google around I’m searching for the correct term.
If this isn’t the correct term, what would you call this? Thanks
Yes, that’s the correct term.
Traditionally, TVs did not show 100% of the NTSC frame. The pixels outside of this “safe area” was the overscan. Of course, digital monitors can show 100% of the frame, which is why you are seeing the junk at the bottom. You often times will see timecode in 100% frame video.
Thanks at least I know what I’m looking for now.
If anyone has some links on how to encode a video and correct for this (I use Handbrake) I’d appreciate it. I already am going to ask at the Handbrake forums.
Thanks again for the info
In Handbrake, you can go into “Picture Settings” and choose a custom crop to get rid of the overscan area.
Yes you are right, most TV actually have a secret service menu you can get to with the right combo of buttons on the remote, I got into this menu to adjust the overscan on my HDTV (The last CRT Sony made, at the time it was the BEST you could possible get, CRTs are actually a tad better than newer tech but they are so damn big and heavy) Typical overscan is like 10% I think? I have a test pattern if you want to look up, along with shots of bad overscan issues
What I hate is how many sports programs put the score board on the 1 pixel at the border, making some older TV cut it off although they have got better with that