The DVD Settings tab in the Publishing Settings dialog for Opus DVD publications allows you to set DVD specific options. All of these options have initial default settings.
The Video Format panel sets the format used for the video output of the DVD publish process. Select NTSC if you want the DVD to be playable in countries using that system (Primarily North America and Japan). Select PAL for the rest of the world.
Notes:
Although France and some of its former colonies use their own television format (SECAM), DVDs do not use this and these countries use PAL for DVD.
The video format does not have any relationship to the region coding used by commercial DVD producers to restrict sales of their products. Opus DVD does not use or set region codes.
The Aspect Ratio panel determines the aspect ratio used for the video output of the DVD publish process. Select Fullscreen (4:3) to produce video that fills a "normal" television display. Select Widescreen (16:9) to produce video that fills a widescreen display.
Note:
The aspect ratio of the original Opus pages does not effect to final DVD output; however it is much easier to design your publication using the correct page sizes, as this will ensure the DVD looks the same as your source publication.
The Safe Area panel is used to ensure an Opus page appears within the television safe area a border can be added to the output video. The border is set to the colour of the Surround Colour, which is set in the Options tab of the Publication Properties dialog.
Notes:
You can set this border to zero but you must remember to allow for the safe area when designing the publication. As a rough guide, keep objects that must be on screen at least 5% of the page size away from the edges.
Computer monitors do not overscan. If the final DVD will only ever be viewed on a computer then you do not need to compensate for the safe area.
Make your changes to the other tabs in the Publish Settings dialog, then click the OK button to close the dialog and return to the third page of the Publish Wizard to start publishing.