Nick Garland Posted June 25, 2007 Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 Right today I got a Sony DCR-HC37E camera, takes mini dv tapes, not that this makes a difference. Now I know its not native widescreen however it has wide mode.Correct me if I am wrong here, in PAL 16:9 widescreen mode is for example 720 x 480. This camera record in 720 x 756, standard 4:3.When captured onto the computer and in VLC, if recorded in widemode, it plays in 4:3 and the image is squished, however if you change the aspect ratio to 16:9 it is fine and looks like it should, not stretched etc just a normal file.I then went to Premiere Pro 1.5, chose the DV Widescreen setting for the project. I captured it in this and it captured it again in 4:3 needing it to be changed to 16:9 for it to look normal.Providing the above made sense were doing ok.Now I think the reason this is going wrong might be because if the pixel aspect ratio. In Premiere pro there are a few options, when selecting the project details, it keeps the resolution the same of 720 x 576 but changes the pixel aspect ratio. Under PAL Widescreen, it sets this pixel aspect ratio to 1.44 where as on standard 4:3 the ratio is only 1.067Right if the above made sense does anyone know how I can capture from the camera in 16:9, perhaps if I set custom settings this would solve the problem? Any ideas anyone?If this didnt make sense, say so and I will try better to explain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Deere Posted June 25, 2007 Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 (edited) I'm guessing that it's probably an option on the camera, the aspect ratio would most likely be set prior to recording rather than capturing the video in the squished format like you say. I only half understand what you're getting at, but I can appreciate where you're coming from.Also, 720px x 480px is not a 16:9 ratio, it's a 3:2 ratio. Edited June 25, 2007 by mikedeere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Garland Posted June 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 Yea its 720 x 480 in NTSC and 720 x 576 in PAL.I have set the camera to record in widescreen mode, buts its not a native widescreen camera, it just whacks 2 black lines top and bottom which doesnt bother me to be honest. Just when capturing to the PC it does it in 4:3 and sqeezes the image, yet change the aspect ratio to 16:9 in VLC and it looks perfect like a true 16:9 camera would. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Deere Posted June 25, 2007 Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 Those crazy NTSC standards confuse the hell out of me I don't really know then, but if doing what you said produces the true 16:9 image then I'd vote to just stick with that for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Garland Posted June 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 OK this is random. Play it in VLC it plays 4:3, play it in WMP it plays 16:9. Now I am confused.I think my VLC is screwed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Deere Posted June 25, 2007 Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 Beats me too. Could be to do with capture/playback settings in either? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie >est< Posted June 25, 2007 Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 Right today I got a Sony DCR-HC37E camera, takes mini dv tapes, not that this makes a difference. Now I know its not native widescreen however it has wide mode.Correct me if I am wrong here, in PAL 16:9 widescreen mode is for example 720 x 480. This camera record in 720 x 756, standard 4:3.When captured onto the computer and in VLC, if recorded in widemode, it plays in 4:3 and the image is squished, however if you change the aspect ratio to 16:9 it is fine and looks like it should, not stretched etc just a normal file.I then went to Premiere Pro 1.5, chose the DV Widescreen setting for the project. I captured it in this and it captured it again in 4:3 needing it to be changed to 16:9 for it to look normal.Providing the above made sense were doing ok.Now I think the reason this is going wrong might be because if the pixel aspect ratio. In Premiere pro there are a few options, when selecting the project details, it keeps the resolution the same of 720 x 576 but changes the pixel aspect ratio. Under PAL Widescreen, it sets this pixel aspect ratio to 1.44 where as on standard 4:3 the ratio is only 1.067Right if the above made sense does anyone know how I can capture from the camera in 16:9, perhaps if I set custom settings this would solve the problem? Any ideas anyone?If this didnt make sense, say so and I will try better to explain.Oh man... if you had a Canon... I could have helped. Im Canon obsessed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Garland Posted June 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 Well it seems to work in WMP and when exported from Premiere in WMP just not VLC. Ah well wmp will do fine, I shall try burning a DVD tomorrow and see what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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