Stretched people

TonyP · Post by **TonyP** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 4:27 am

I recently downloaded the trial version of MovieFactory 4.0 but my problem experienced with MF 3.0 remains. An AVI file views fine on Windows Media player but its aspect gets stretched vertically in MF so that all the people become tall & skinny (I think it was a wide screen picture).

I have searched other posts but haven't found a solution. I have tried a variety of settings 4:3 16:9 along with the custom settings under "change MPEG settings" and "custom".

Any ideas on how to get this back to the wide screen appearance?

Thanks in advance for any help

ploggy · Post by **ploggy** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 7:20 am

try posting the properties of your AVI file here. load the clip in DMF and right click > Media Clip Properties.

TonyP · Post by **TonyP** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 11:55 pm

Thanks for your help. Here is the info.

File
File Format: Microsoft AVI files
File size” 358,292Kbytes
Frame Rate: 23.976 Frames/sec
Duration: 2376.168 Seconds
Data Rate: 149.29 kbps

Video
Compression: DivX 6.0 Codec
Attributes: 24 bits, 720X400
Total Frames: 56,971 Frame(s)

Audio
Compression: Lame MP3
Attributes: 128kbits/s, 44100 Hz, Stereo
Total Samples: 104779,008 Samples

ploggy · Post by **ploggy** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 5:51 am

the resolution of an NTSC DVD is 720x480... yours is at 720X400. This has to be converted to DVD standards so there is a possibility that is will look like stretched in the final DVD.

try using the Export Movie tool in the Add/Edit MEdia of DMF4. load the avi file and click on the export movie button then select a 4:3 format. it may still looked like stretched but lets see what happens...

TonyP · Post by **TonyP** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 1:54 am

Thanks for your suggestion. It almost worked. I tried exporting in several formats:

MPEG: Video returned to proper size but no audio came through.
AVI, MOV, and WMV: The video returned to the proper size, but but audio was totally out of sync.

Again thanks . . . any other ideas? Know of any other programs that might allow conversion of the video?

ploggy · Post by **ploggy** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 4:41 am

This is probably cause by the MP3 codec in your AVI file. I've heard many users compalining the audio of their AVI got lost during conversion. The common thing is that those AVIs have MP3 audios in them. Try a different AVI with a different audio codec.