Working with widescreen using Video Studio
Is it really 16:9 Widescreen
Why does it look like 4:3 ?
Capturing Widescreen 16:9 or 4:3 things that go wrong.
The video data being copied / transferred from the cam-corder to the pc.
I know I am working with 16:9 widescreen, my camera is set to record this aspect.
My camera indicates 16:9 within its own preview screen.
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Prior to capture the VS preview screen shows
the video as Widescreen
The video looks in proportion, no distortion |
| Capture is complete and I hit the Edit tab. What I see now is a little different, the preview screen shows as 4:3. My video is squashed horizontally everything looks tall and thin. Notice the curvature of the arches. |
| I view the Project Properties to find they indicate 4:3. Strange as i had expected to see 16:9 |
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I change the properties to 16:9
The video displays in the centre of the preview screen as 4:3, still distorted. The background colour has been changed to 'White' to identify the 16:9 actual frame |
| I check the video file properties to find they indicate
4:3. What's gone wrong. |
| This is what i should be seeing...... I used the Distort option from the Attributes Tab to re-size the clips to widescreen. |
| The most likely explanation is I have used an old
Mini-Dv tape. Used previously to record 4:3. the tape has been re-used to record 16:9. Well not every frame was re-recorded, in particular the first few. One frame is all it takes, and at 1/25th of a second I am not able to identify it. The first captured frame sets up a flag indicating to VS the aspect ratio. Either 16:9 or 4:3. VS sets this aspect for the full capture. The first frame just happens to be 4:3 with the remainder 16:9 The whole of the captured video will be displayed by Video Studio as 4:3 This will distort the frame. Fix the problem......... I could capture to Split by Scene this option should over come
the problem. |