DV AVI resolution... HELP

[Guest]

My Sony cam records in MPEG2... in order to edit in MM I have to convert to
DV AVI... my question is this...

The MPEG2 is 704x480 (4:3 Actual, 16:9 Displayed)
When using NeroVisionExpress to convert to AVI the resolution for AVI is
740x480 not 704... whats the deal? Obviously if I stretch 704 to 740 there is
a quality loss...

I've done some research on resolutions and it seems that 704 and 740 are
both DVD compatible.. so which is better, more widely used, etc etc... ?

grRRr.. why cant there just be one friggin standard!?
Thanks in advance...

 

[PapaJohn \(MVP\)]

What I'm doing from the Sony mini-discs with the 704x480 MPEG-2 files is
resizing them to 720x480 as part of the conversion process. See my Importing
Source Files > Video > Discs page at www.papajohn.org for more info about my
conversion process.
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[Guest]

Oops... I meant 720, not 740! dOh lol
Thanks, I'll have a look

 

[Guest]

Ok, so I downloaded Vdub... and I figured out how to add the resixe filter
and set it to 720x480... that works perfect. Thank you...

However, I have yet another problem... On the Sony cam I record in 16:9 and
none of the video players or editors I use (MM, Nero, Vdub) recognize that
it's supposed to be 16:9, they all play and or export in 4:3... it looks like
crap because it's all smashed up to fit in the frame (i.e. people look very
skinny)...

Does VDub have a aspect ratio option? I need to be able to force this file
to be recognized as 16:9...
TIA

 

[PapaJohn \(MVP\)]

All DV-AVI files are 720x480, those that have the regular aspect ratio of
4:3 and the widescreen ones of 16:9

Many players/viewers look at a tag in the file telling it that it's one or
the other and shows it that way regardless of pixel dimensions. Movie Maker
has a choice in the Settings.. change it to 16:9 and it'll work with and
save it that way. VDub shows you the actual pixels, as it's an editing
utility, not a viewer.
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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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[Guest]

Does VDub allow for changing pixel size? .9 to 1.2 right?
I really would feel more comfortable if all the editors/viewers showed the
content as 16:9 through all the processes it's taking me to get to the final
DVD outcome...

 

[PapaJohn \(MVP\)]

Pixels are squares on computer monitors... they can be tiny or large and of
any size.... but you can't change their shape.

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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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