DV Widescreen Footage not fitting template

ArmidiloX wrote on 4/16/2010, 3:28 PM
When I import my DV Widescreen footage into VMS, it squeezes the shot smaller than it really is. It makes it a 4:3 ratio when it was shot in 16:9. In movie maker and media player it shows it as the correct size. Anyone know how I can easily change a setting so I won't have to do deal with it for the rest of the movie?

Thanks

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Eugenia wrote on 4/16/2010, 4:51 PM
You use the right project properties. You open that dialog, and you either use the "match media" icon/button, or you select the right template from there.
ArmidiloX wrote on 4/16/2010, 5:35 PM
The properties are fine but wheres the button?
Eugenia wrote on 4/16/2010, 6:00 PM
How do you know they're fine? Did you use the right DV widescreen template for your region? Without the right template, you won't get the right aspect ratio.

BTW, are you sure we're talking about tape-DV here, and not mpeg2 in SD card cameras? Because that format don't have the widescreen bit properly set and you need to change the aspect ratio manually in the project properties. But if your camera is true DV tape camera, then there is no problem. You pick the right template from the drop-down menu in the project properties dialog, and you're set.
ArmidiloX wrote on 4/16/2010, 7:59 PM
This is an HDD DV camera. The template is 720x480 but it squished the footage to make it like its 4:3 ratio but its really 16:9
MSmart wrote on 4/16/2010, 10:34 PM
File > Properties > Video tab > Template = NTSC DV Widescreen (720x480, 29.970 fps) > OK. Done.
musicvid10 wrote on 4/17/2010, 7:10 AM
This is an HDD DV camera.

I've never heard of such a thing. DV is a tape format. Rather than posting a description, would you post the exact make, model, and version of your camera?

Also, please download MediaInfo and post all the relevant details about your files.
Uploading a short sample of your original video somewhere would be helpful too.

Also you said your video was captured in Movie Maker. Did you have MM set to convert it to something else? Have you tried capturing the same material in Vegas? What were the results?

If you really do have incorrectly-flagged footage, in addition to setting your project properties to widescreen manually, you will also have to right-click on your media events on the timeline, go to Switches, and uncheck "Maintain Aspect Ratio." Or, instead you could go to the Project Media window and change the aspect in Properties (does the same thing).

Hope this helps.
Eugenia wrote on 4/17/2010, 4:51 PM
As MusicVid said above, there's no such camera. I think you mean something like "hard drive-based, non-HD 480p" camera. And if this is the case, and that camera records in that mpeg2 480p format that the SDHC/HDD Standard Definition cams record at, then it's exactly what I mentioned above. That format was developed in a hurry by the manufacturers, and the widescreen "bit" is usually getting lost when apps are reading back the file. To fix the problem, you must RIGHT CLICK to such a file in the MEDIA BIN tab, click Properties, and set the right aspect ratio (1.2121) for one of these files. Then, click the little SAVE icon in that same dialog. Now restart Vegas. Vegas should now recognize all these files as widescreen.

Set the right project properties, and edit. Save often.