PAL 16x9 problem, PLEASE HELP

mahedy wrote on 10/18/2004, 4:23 AM

hello all, help needed please! Lucky enough to just get a new XL2 and even luckier to be going to Zambia this evening to produce a short doc. Anyway, having big problems with Vegas as it's the first time I've use 16x9 footage with it.

I think these should be my settings for editing with the 16x9 footage, remember I'm using a PAL camera..

Width: 960.......................... Field Order: Lower field first
Height: 576.......................... Pixel Rate: PAL DV widescreen
Frame Rate 25.000

When I use these settings the footage has lots of jagged lines/ steps. What settings should I use? And when I render?

Or should I use the default DV Wide screen settings?

Can windows media player play 16:9 clips? It seems to crash when I try.

Sorry for so many questions! Very much hope some Vegas users happily editing with PAL 16:9 footage can come to my rescue!

regards
Mark

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farss wrote on 10/18/2004, 5:48 AM

I'm working with PAL 16:9 at this very moment.
Just use the PAL 16:9 DV template, shouldn't have any problems.
I don't know about WMP, in fact I'm not 100% certain if it can cope with anything other than square pixels. You may need to render it out to a new file using square pixel AR.

Bob.

mahedy wrote on 10/18/2004, 5:58 AM

Hi Bob, thanks for taking the time to reply.
When you say the 16:9 DV template, do you mean the 'PAL DV Widescreen' template?
Are you working with PAL footage bob?

thanks, Mark

mel58i wrote on 10/18/2004, 7:27 AM

You should be using the PAL widescreen DV template. The pixels are still 720*576 (the aspect ratio is produced by the non square pixels). All should be ok then. Don't forget if your making a mpeg-2 file for dvd, then set for PAL DVD and also in custom set (in video tab) aspect ratio of 16:9.

Mel.

farss wrote on 10/18/2004, 7:37 AM

Yes,
I'm working with PAL footage.
If making a DVD just select mpeg-2, DVDA PAL widescreen template, sorry if that's not exactly what its labelled, I'm certain you'll know what I meane whne you see it. PC is working hard to meet a deadline and it's very late over here.

Bob.