Widescreen issue

stelch · Post by **stelch** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 10:26 pm

Hi
I have VS11+ and when I capture (in widescreen) I can monitor the video on the VS11 as widescreen as well. Now after capturing when I go to edit mode the video is not shown in widescreen but in 4:3 mode. I did check at the start-up screen the 16:9 mode. Why is so?

Stelios

heinz-oz · Post by **heinz-oz** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 10:30 pm

Maybe your video is 720 x 576 wide screen? It seems strange but 720 x 576 (PAL of course, the same goes for NTSC with 720 x 480) can be either 4:3 or 16:9 aspect, non square pixel issue.

Trevor Andrew · Post by **Trevor Andrew** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 11:06 pm

Hi

What settings did you capture to Dv or Mpeg.
Digital or analogue capture.

Use digital to Dv format via firewire

Right click a clip in the timeline and select properties.

What do the ¡¥attributes¡¦ show 16:9 or 4:3

Read my guide ¡¥16:9 a look at widescreen¡¦

Shows what the video should look like in VS

stelch · Post by **stelch** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 1:27 pm

Thanks guys for your answers. Well the problem was that I was capturing in MPEG instead of AVI. Silly me.

By default the setting is MPEG. Can you change it to always be on AVI?

Stelios

Trevor Andrew · Post by **Trevor Andrew** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 6:49 pm

Hi Stelios

Afaik my program defaults to the last used format.
As I use DV format for most of my work the capture is always set to DV.

When you say Avi, is this what the ¡¥format¡¦ box shows. Or does it indicate ¡¥DV¡¦.

You should capture to 'DV' format...................

stelch · Post by **stelch** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 8:27 pm

Trevor I always capture in DV although my camera (Sony HDR-FX7) is HDV, I prefer fot the moment, to capture in DV as my clients want this format.

Stelios