ChainsawAsh said:
It’s not 1280x720 or 1920x1080. That is, the letterboxing is cropped off, but Blu-Ray format requires a full 1920x1080 or 1280x720 frame size, so black bars are necessary.
facepalm Don’t know why I didn’t think of that. Thanks. I just assumed it was blu-ray complaint for some reason.
I’m still not sure what’s going on with Hal’s but maybe I should just bite the bullet and re-encode.