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rs170a wrote on 2/7/2009, 6:23 AM
If you mean that there's material at the extreme edges that you can't see on a TV set due to overscan, the only way to show everything is to use either Pan/Crop or Track Motion (probably the better choice here) to zoom the image out until everything is visible.
You'll need to experiment until you find the proper amount.
Also, be advised that this will work for your TV set only.
Other TVs may overscan more or less in which case you'll see a black border or even less of the video.

Mike
musicvid10 wrote on 2/7/2009, 9:38 AM
On the other hand, if you mean fill a 4:3 screen with a widescreen video without cropping, yes you can do it but the image will be squished on the screen so the figures will appear tall and skinny. This is often objectionable to the average viewer, so cropping (pan and scan) or black bars (letterboxing) is the usual approach.

You didn't say if your captured video is 4:3 or 16:9. If it is 4:3 there should be no problem.
thecaptain wrote on 2/7/2009, 10:13 AM
The video is 4:3 and it looks the pan/cropping for the resizing will work. Have a project rendering at the moment to test the results. Thanks for all the information.
Chienworks wrote on 2/7/2009, 1:00 PM
Confused head-scratching here ... 720x480 *IS* standard 4:3 DVD resolution. Unless i'm missing something here there's nothing you need to do since it's already the right size.
John_Cline wrote on 2/7/2009, 1:56 PM
Maybe the file is 720x480 but it's not a standard DV file and the PAR flag isn't set correctly.

You need to right-click on the clip in the timeline, go to "Properties", then the "Media" tab" then set the Pixel Aspect Ratio" to ".9091 (NTSC DV)"
musicvid10 wrote on 2/7/2009, 2:29 PM
From the looks of his response to Mike, he may be trying to eliminate the crt overscan. Sometimes experience is the best teacher . . .
thecaptain wrote on 2/7/2009, 6:37 PM
musicvid you are 100% correct, I am trying to eliminate crt overscan and the change in pan / corp did exactly what I was looking for.
musicvid10 wrote on 2/7/2009, 6:49 PM
That is fine if you will be viewing it on only one TV.

Overscan is there for a reason -- to accomodate the differences between many TV screens. CRTs are blown glass, and as such have many anomalies.

If you succeed in "fitting" your video exactly to your living room TV, it will either underscan or overscan on your bedroom TV or your neighbor's set.