Rendering Different Formats to an Odd Resolution

[DilbertIsMyHero]

Hello all,

You were so helpful last time I had an issue, I am turning to this group again for a push in the right direction.

I have a video that in its native format is 1920 x 1080. I need to add our logo to the corner and I have easily done this. Now I need to render it out into several different formats. Rendering it as an MP4 isn't a problem. However, I can't seem to get anything to work in the WMV category. Each time I try to change the size attribute of ANY of the 'profiles' I receive an Access Denied error from Windows Media inside VisualStudio. After I click OK, it tells me to restart the codec and try again. I can pick any of the profiles and receive the same error.

Any suggestions????

After that issue is corrected, I have another one that is similar. At the 1920 x 1080 resolution, the black bars occupy quite a bit of the viewing window. I can easily 'crop' them off but then I am faced with the same issue as above. How to I set ANY of the formats (MP4, WMV, etc) to 1772 x 472 as the finished size. None of the file types allow you to change the size. Am I missing a simple step here? I have a feeling I am.

Sorry if this is a rookie question, but I am still a rookie at this type of stuff.

Thanks in advance!!

Gilley

[lata]

Hi Gilley

A little more info please.

What version of Video Studio are you using?
You say the original video is 1920 x 1080, yet you mention black borders, what black borders?
The 1920 x 1080 video is using 16:9 ratio and should not have black borders, or have these been made after creating the new video file.

1772 x 472 is a very strange size for a video, is this a typo, if not why use these sizes.?

What are you trying to make, I assume a video for the internet, for your web site or maybe uploaded to You Tube etc.

Provide the video properties of your original clip, with the video in the timeline, right click and select properties--- what are they?

Windows Media
Not sure what is going on here, if you provide the details from above maybe we can advise you on WMV profiles?

Windows provided a small piece of software Windows Media Encoder, I think this is now part of Microsoft Expressions---- Installing the Encoder did provide your PC with additional codecs which may help.

[DilbertIsMyHero]

Hi Lata,

I apologize for not including the important information in my original post. My version of Corel is:

Corel VideoStudio Pro X4 (14.0.0.342)

We will only distribute this video on CD/DVD. Since we are a defense company, most of our videos are not available for the public domain.

I think I may have confused myself a bit. My original AVI is 1920x1080 and when played/viewed there isn't any 'black space' around the video as you sometimes see when playing 16:9 videos. Below are the properties from my original video.

Original Video Properties

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When I rendered out the first video with the logo, I created an MP4 video. When I play it back, it appears to now have the 'black space', although when I look at the properties of the file, it is 1920x1080.

The strange resolution is when you 'crop out' the black area around the video, the dimensions become 1772x472. I am attempting to render out all my video without the 'black area' around the video.

In typing this all out to you, I am guessing I am just losing it on this issue. However, my issue with Windows Media remains. If I attempt to change the output resolution on ANY of the profiles, I receive the following errors:

Access Denied

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Follow Up

Any suggestions would be appreciated. I hope I have cleared up the confusion I caused in my original post.

Thanks again for your assistance...
Gilley

[canuck]

You state the original video resolution is 1980x1080 but the picture you include (which you say is of the original video) shows 1773x473.

[DilbertIsMyHero]

Sorry I am being so confusing. The original video I was provided has already had the black area cropped out from it making it a 1772x472 resolution video. Since I am unable to change the resolution size on most of the built in video types, I have left the output size at 1920 x 1080 if it is available.

I guess my main question (other than the issue with the Windows Media profiles), is how do I change the output resoution? Most of the preset output don't allow you to change them. Even when you select custom, you can't specify dimensions, you have to select from a drop-down which doesn't include 1920x1080 in most cases. I have dropped it to 720x480 but I lose a bit of the clarity. I am guessing this is because I am making the final version smaller.

[Ken Berry]

To my mind, the black bars above and below may be a function of the screen resolution they are being shown on. If the original is 1920 x 1080, and you have, say, a monitor with that same resolution (i.e. full HD), then you should not get those black bars. Cropping it will only complicate things further, especially since the video is likely to be shown on a variety of screens with differing resolutions.

Anyway, my other query relates to your statement that you intend to distribute the final video on CD/DVD. But you don't say exactly how this would be done (especially the CD aspect of it!) If it is to be a video DVD, then by international standard, the video has to be standard definition mpeg-2, and with a screen resolution of 720 x 480 max for NTSC, though of course you can still have 16:9 format. Or do you intend to simply load the final video as data files in their original format, making the final disc a data disc rather than a video one?

One other option would be convert them to high def DivX/XVid format, and then transfer these to a data disc (either CD or DVD). Most DVD and Blu-Ray players are rated to automatically detect and play DivX/XVid videos... and the high definition versions of these should retain most of your original quality.

[lata]

Hi Gilley

Still a little confused.
You said :-
"My original AVI is 1920x1080 and when played/viewed there isn't any 'black space' around the video" (Thats good, it should view as widwscreen 16:9)

Please provide the properties of the original video file prior to creating the MP4 video file.

Then you say:-
"When I rendered out the first video with the logo, I created an MP4 video. When I play it back, it appears to now have the 'black space', although when I look at the properties of the file, it is 1920x1080." (not good--assume the conversion to mp4 is using the wrong properties)

Then you say :-
"We will only distribute this video on CD/DVD.

(adding to Kens comments here)
If you are intending to create a Standard DVD, (a Video DVD) then you should be converting/creating a Mpeg2 DVD compliant file. not Mp4

With the project open in the timeline, using the original video file + logo
Share Create Video File - DVD -- DVD Video (16:9)

Whether you use the DVD Slide Show option depends on the properties of the original video file?

Now confirm that you do or do not want a Video DVD.