How to handle mixed aspect ratios when importing data into MM

[Anders H]

Hi

I have a question on how to handle mixed aspect ratios in MM2

My input (from my Canon MVX3i) are mixed 4:3 and 16:9
My planned output is 16:9 for my DVD player.

My problem is that it seems like MM2 don't automatically switch
between the different aspect ratios. You have to set that prior to your
import. That's not possible for me because it is mixed (yes I know
that's not smart but hey .. that's reality)

As a workaround I tried to load the tape twice - once for each of the
two aspect ratio settings. That's time consuming and in addition
it's very hard to determine which the right aspect ratio is.

Does anyone have experience with mixed aspect ratios?

Is there a smart workflow for this?

Is there alternative software that can determine the aspect ratio at
import time?

Thanks for your comments!

 

[John Inzer]

Hi

I have a question on how to handle mixed aspect ratios in MM2

My input (from my Canon MVX3i) are mixed 4:3 and 16:9
My planned output is 16:9 for my DVD player.

My problem is that it seems like MM2 don't automatically switch
between the different aspect ratios. You have to set that prior to
your import. That's not possible for me because it is mixed (yes I
know that's not smart but hey .. that's reality)

As a workaround I tried to load the tape twice - once for each of the
two aspect ratio settings. That's time consuming and in addition
it's very hard to determine which the right aspect ratio is.

Does anyone have experience with mixed aspect ratios?

Is there a smart workflow for this?

Is there alternative software that can determine the aspect ratio at
import time?

Thanks for your comments!

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Maybe the following article
will offer some ideas:

Rotating and Cropping
a Video Scene
http://tinyurl.com/9zslp

VirtualDub
http://www.virtualdub.org/

Also you may find custom profiles to
be useful:

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

Creating Custom Profiles
for Windows Movie Maker 2
http://tinyurl.com/cuny7

And you may find something useful
at the following site:

Microsoft Windows Movie Maker
tips, tutorials, forums and more...
http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/

--

John Inzer
MS Picture It! MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

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This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

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me may not work for you

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