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Post #309715

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Laserschwert
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REALLY bad overscan, or a method error?
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Date created
10-Feb-2008, 6:08 PM
I'm not exaclty sure what you're expecting... that's the basic problem with overscan, and that's why safe-frames were invented:

http://www.flickerlab.com/flashtovideo/images/safe.gif

The "Action Safe"-frame has 5% (of the complete image width) space on each side, and marks the area that get's cropped of by average overscan.

The "Title Safe"-frame leaves 10% space on each side, and is the area to be used for text- (and subtitle-) placement. If you place it outside of that frame, it's usually too close to the edge of the TV to be read "pleasingly to the eye".

Your subtitles are clearly placed outside of the "Action Safe", so no wonder they get cropped off.