I discovers a video I am linking to from the menu extends outside the SAFE AREA...and when I play it on a TV it shows it is outside! :-(

The original .mov file is 1320x933. Is there a easy way to scrunch it into the SAFE AREA?

Same for my slide/photos. Can I automatically get them to do their thing INSIDE the SAFE AREA?

Thanks, -bill

First, 1320x933 px is nowhere near DVD-legal frame size for video, which for NTSC is 720x480 px, and for PAL is 720x576 px.

Second, there's no way to "scrunch" video into the safe area in Encore. Safe area is what you keep in mind when you are actually shooting video...you frame to the safe area. Safe area markers are provided in Encore for setting up subtitles, and for designing your menus, so that these elements fit into the safe area.

That said, if you want to scale your video so that it fits into the safe area, you can do that in Premiere, and then re-export the video. Note, however, that on computer screens and widescreen TVs, your scaled video will show the entire frame, and outside of the safe area will display black.