i'm recording as 16:9 on my sony dvcam, importing in wmm2 also as 16:9
(options are set to pal & 16:9) but my film is playing in media player as 4:3
when importing with option "use best quality for playback on my pc" or even
if i try the custom sizes 2.1mbps or 1.5mbps)
i have a good result when importing with option "record back to dv camera"
but i am lacking disk space and would like to use the first option.
what am i doing wrong ?
many thanks for the help

jabax wrote:
> i'm recording as 16:9 on my sony dvcam, importing in wmm2 also as 16:9
> (options are set to pal & 16:9) but my film is playing in media player as 4:3
> when importing with option "use best quality for playback on my pc" or even
> if i try the custom sizes 2.1mbps or 1.5mbps)
> i have a good result when importing with option "record back to dv camera"
> but i am lacking disk space and would like to use the first option.
> what am i doing wrong ?
> many thanks for the help

Which version of Media Player are you using? Try some other player. I
recommend using Media Player Classic.
<http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli/>

--
Rehan
MS MVP (Digital Media)
www.rehanfx.org -- get effects & transitions for MM2

thank you for your time rehan,

i am using media player 10, however it won't make a difference since it's
moviemaker who's the culprit here. if i import the same one minute of video
recorded in 16:9, i tried it this morning, with an option other than the one
who's taking approx 178mb/min (record back to DV), i get a 4:3 ratio
otherwise it's fine.

"Rehan" wrote:

> jabax wrote:
> > i'm recording as 16:9 on my sony dvcam, importing in wmm2 also as 16:9
> > (options are set to pal & 16:9) but my film is playing in media player as 4:3
> > when importing with option "use best quality for playback on my pc" or even
> > if i try the custom sizes 2.1mbps or 1.5mbps)
> > i have a good result when importing with option "record back to dv camera"
> > but i am lacking disk space and would like to use the first option.
> > what am i doing wrong ?
> > many thanks for the help
>
> Which version of Media Player are you using? Try some other player. I
> recommend using Media Player Classic.
> <http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli/>
>
> --
> Rehan
> MS MVP (Digital Media)
> www.rehanfx.org -- get effects & transitions for MM2
>

"jabax" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> i am using media player 10, however it won't make a difference since it's
> moviemaker who's the culprit here. if i import the same one minute of
> video
> recorded in 16:9, i tried it this morning, with an option other than the
> one
> who's taking approx 178mb/min (record back to DV), i get a 4:3 ratio
> otherwise it's fine.

Movie Maker -> Tools -> Options from there you can select 4:3 or 16:9!

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
http://www.windowsresource.net/

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"Paul Smith" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> Movie Maker -> Tools -> Options from there you can select 4:3 or 16:9!
>
> --

In his first posting, from what I understand, this is already set that
way...

"i'm recording as 16:9 on my sony dvcam, importing in wmm2 also as 16:9
(options are set to pal & 16:9) but my film is playing in media player as
4:3..."

it's probably not a true 16:9 file on the camcorder... but a letterboxed
4:3. In which case you would need to render it to a new movie using MM2,
with the 16:9 option set... that new saved file should play as widescreen in
WMP.

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PapaJohn

Movie Maker 2 and Photo Story 3 - www.papajohn.org
Photo Story 2 - www.photostory.papajohn.org
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"jabax" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> i'm recording as 16:9 on my sony dvcam, importing in wmm2 also as 16:9
> (options are set to pal & 16:9) but my film is playing in media player as
> 4:3
> when importing with option "use best quality for playback on my pc" or
> even
> if i try the custom sizes 2.1mbps or 1.5mbps)
> i have a good result when importing with option "record back to dv camera"
> but i am lacking disk space and would like to use the first option.
> what am i doing wrong ?
> many thanks for the help

thank you papajohn,

it soes work when i render it as a new movie. one question; if i use the
same quality as when i imported (local playback 2.1mbps) am i loosing image
quality as i render it a second time ?

"PapaJohn (MVP)" wrote:

> it's probably not a true 16:9 file on the camcorder... but a letterboxed
> 4:3. In which case you would need to render it to a new movie using MM2,
> with the 16:9 option set... that new saved file should play as widescreen in
> WMP.
>
> --
> PapaJohn
>
> Movie Maker 2 and Photo Story 3 - www.papajohn.org
> Photo Story 2 - www.photostory.papajohn.org
> ..
> "jabax" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:3F2B2D47-C048-44CF-99BB-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > i'm recording as 16:9 on my sony dvcam, importing in wmm2 also as 16:9
> > (options are set to pal & 16:9) but my film is playing in media player as
> > 4:3
> > when importing with option "use best quality for playback on my pc" or
> > even
> > if i try the custom sizes 2.1mbps or 1.5mbps)
> > i have a good result when importing with option "record back to dv camera"
> > but i am lacking disk space and would like to use the first option.
> > what am i doing wrong ?
> > many thanks for the help
>
>
>

Yes, you're losing a bit... unless you capture as a DV-AVI file.

--
PapaJohn

Movie Maker 2 and Photo Story 3 - www.papajohn.org
Photo Story 2 - www.photostory.papajohn.org
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"jabax" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> thank you papajohn,
>
> it soes work when i render it as a new movie. one question; if i use the
> same quality as when i imported (local playback 2.1mbps) am i loosing
> image
> quality as i render it a second time ?
>
> "PapaJohn (MVP)" wrote:
>
>> it's probably not a true 16:9 file on the camcorder... but a letterboxed
>> 4:3. In which case you would need to render it to a new movie using MM2,
>> with the 16:9 option set... that new saved file should play as widescreen
>> in
>> WMP.
>>
>> --
>> PapaJohn
>>
>> Movie Maker 2 and Photo Story 3 - www.papajohn.org
>> Photo Story 2 - www.photostory.papajohn.org
>> ..
>> "jabax" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:3F2B2D47-C048-44CF-99BB-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > i'm recording as 16:9 on my sony dvcam, importing in wmm2 also as 16:9
>> > (options are set to pal & 16:9) but my film is playing in media player
>> > as
>> > 4:3
>> > when importing with option "use best quality for playback on my pc" or
>> > even
>> > if i try the custom sizes 2.1mbps or 1.5mbps)
>> > i have a good result when importing with option "record back to dv
>> > camera"
>> > but i am lacking disk space and would like to use the first option.
>> > what am i doing wrong ?
>> > many thanks for the help
>>
>>
>>