Widescreen DVD Import

richlux · Post by **richlux** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 12:13 am

I have a widescreen Mini-DVD camcorder. When I import the DVD that I've recorded into my 16:9 project, the resulting .mpg files do not play at 16:9 in an external player (Windows Media Player and RealPlayer). According to Gspot (video information viewer) they are in proper 16:9 DVD format. They also look fine playing in VideoStudio, but it concerns me that they do not play that way in other players.

When I import the same DVD into Cyberlink PowerDirector, it plays correctly (16:9) in external players.

Is this something I should be worried about?

Thanks,
Richard

Clevo · Post by **Clevo** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 4:39 am

Windows Media Player for some reason playes my VS files as if it was at 10x Fast Forward. Playes fine in everything else.

I'll get around to sorting out why it does that one day but it playes fine when I burn the DVD or upload to youtube

richlux · Post by **richlux** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 4:44 am

Well, it's not just Windows Media player that does this. I've tried a number of players and they all do the same thing.

Richard

Post by **lancecarr** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 4:56 am

Hi Richard,
Is it a Sony cam?

Clevo · Post by **Clevo** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 5:19 am

richlux wrote:Well, it's not just Windows Media player that does this. I've tried a number of players and they all do the same thing.

Richard

I should clarify want happens in my files. I'll render a DVD compliant Mpeg file(16:9 or 4:3) and WMP plays them fast but everything else plays them fine.

While not exactly the same as your problem yours it seems you might be having issues with aspect ratios and how each player displays them.

richlux · Post by **richlux** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 5:10 pm

lancecarr wrote:Hi Richard,
Is it a Sony cam?

Nope, it's a Canon