MyDVD aspect ratio wrong for captured video

[Ed]

I am new to video editing. I have a Sony HC90 camera and am trying to use
the software I have at hand to capture video, edit it, and then burn DVD's.

I'm able to capture video using MovieMaker, but can't burn DVD's with
MovieMaker as far as I can tell.

I also have Sonic MyDVD 4.5. I was able to import video produced by
MovieMaker and then burn a CD.

It seems that MyDVD has some nice features, like the ablity to create
"chapters" in a video while it is capturing. However, when I capture in
MyDVD, the picture is squished. I can't find a way in MyDVD to change the
settings so it knows the video input is in widescreen mode.

With widescreen so common nowadays, it seems the MyDVD should be able to
support this.

I'm not sure if this is the right newsgroup for this type of question. If
you can recommend a better newsgroup, please let me know.

 

[Guest]

I am new to video editing. I have a Sony HC90 camera and am trying to use
the software I have at hand to capture video, edit it, and then burn DVD's.

I'm able to capture video using MovieMaker, but can't burn DVD's with
MovieMaker as far as I can tell.

I also have Sonic MyDVD 4.5. I was able to import video produced by
MovieMaker and then burn a CD.

It seems that MyDVD has some nice features, like the ablity to create
"chapters" in a video while it is capturing. However, when I capture in
MyDVD, the picture is squished. I can't find a way in MyDVD to change the
settings so it knows the video input is in widescreen mode.

With widescreen so common nowadays, it seems the MyDVD should be able to
support this.

I'm not sure if this is the right newsgroup for this type of question. If
you can recommend a better newsgroup, please let me know.

 

[PapaJohn \(MVP\)]

Movie Maker puts a tag in the saved movie saying it's either standard or
widescreen.... some players and other apps use the tag to display the video
in the right proportions.... but some don't.

MyDVD (at least some versions) go by the actual pixel dimensions rather than
the tag... in which case you have to force it by making the movies of the
pixel dimensions needed.

 

[Guest]

I am new to video editingas well and have a questoin about widescreen.

I shoot all my movies on my Sony digital 8 camcorder in widescreen (16:9)
format, but when editing in movie maker the image is squished so that
everyone looks incredibly thin - all the picture is there but squished to fit
into the preview pane.

Is this simply because it is a preview and it will revert to a full 16:19
ratio when saved to the computer or burned to a DVD without needing to do
anything else?

 

[John Inzer]

I am new to video editingas well and have a questoin about widescreen.

I shoot all my movies on my Sony digital 8 camcorder in widescreen
(16:9) format, but when editing in movie maker the image is squished
so that everyone looks incredibly thin - all the picture is there but
squished to fit into the preview pane.

Is this simply because it is a preview and it will revert to a full
16:19 ratio when saved to the computer or burned to a DVD without
needing to do anything else?

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Maybe the following article will
offer some ideas:

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

--
John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

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

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

 

[Dan Merkel]

=======================================
Maybe the following article will
offer some ideas:

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

I'm interested in the answer to this question as well, but I'm afraid that
I'm such a novice that it doesn't make much sense. Is there something that
is done in more simple terms?

Thanks.

dlm

 

[John Inzer]

I'm interested in the answer to this question as well, but I'm afraid
that I'm such a novice that it doesn't make much sense. Is there
something that is done in more simple terms?

Thanks.

dlm

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Aspect ratio means width in relationship to height.

So...if you shoot in 16:9 and play the video on a
screen that is 4:3... one of two things must happen...
the video will be displayed with black bars top and
bottom or it will be compressed (distorted, squashed)
but will fill the screen.

And, maybe the following articles
will offer some ideas:

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

VirtualDub
http://www.virtualdub.org/

VirtualDub & Nandub resizing and cropping
http://www.doom9.org/index.html?/vdub_resize.htm

Rotating loses aspect ratio?
http://tinyurl.com/y8htdg

--

John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

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

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk