16:9 AVI produces distorted WMV?

It's been a while since I used MM2 so maybe I've forgotten some
basics. I wanted to make a smallish WMV out of a largish AVI, to
upload for discussion in a forum. The AVI was 16:9 format (played fine
in VirtualDub etc). For Save Movie I chose the default 'Best quality
on my computer'. MM2 was set to 16:9. But the result was squashed in
from the sides, as if it was 4:3.

By trial/error in Other Settings I did eventually find an option that
gave a correct result. But why don't all of them?

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Terry, West Sussex, UK

Terry Pinnell wrote:
> It's been a while since I used MM2 so maybe I've forgotten some
> basics. I wanted to make a smallish WMV out of a largish AVI, to
> upload for discussion in a forum. The AVI was 16:9 format (played fine
> in VirtualDub etc). For Save Movie I chose the default 'Best quality
> on my computer'. MM2 was set to 16:9. But the result was squashed in
> from the sides, as if it was 4:3.
>
> By trial/error in Other Settings I did eventually find an option that
> gave a correct result. But why don't all of them?
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Maybe the following link will offer some ideas:

Movie Maker 2 - Saving
Movies - Custom WMV Profiles
http://tinyurl.com/s2vgu

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John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

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