From 16:9 to 4:3

[travis]

Hi
I wanna knows if is posible to make a dvd with two version of the same footage (one in 4:3, and the other in 16:9)
I ll try to explain:
I record in squeeze mode. Edit it. Native 16:9. And then i put it in a dvd.
Some people could watch as 16:9. Some other´s not.
So if I have the native 16:9 in the avid project and i playback to a mini dv tape, and then i capture again these material into avid. Would that be a 4:3 native footage? And if so i could make another version for non 16:9 tv monitors...
Am i right/am i crazy
Or is another way.

I ask this cause i want to decide how to record a short. Squeeze or normal mode. And I wonder if with the squeeze mode i still can have a normal 4:3 letterbox versión for distribution porpuses.

Thanks

 

[MichaelP]

Re: From 16:9 to 4:3

If you encode the 16:9 anamorphic with the flags, it will play back as letterbox on 4:3 monitors and widescreen on 16:9 monitors. Sorenson Squeeze will do this if you select 16:9 in the MPEG2 parameters.

If you want a full screen 4:3, then that is a different matter, that is pan & scan process. You can do a center crop using the 3D effect.

Michael