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16:9 help
Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 8:44 am
by DrDray
I shot a project on my Sony PD170 in it's SD 16:9 wide mode. I now want to dump the footage into my solitaire but I still have a 4:3 monitor. What settings should I be setting? In project settings I have Image set to normal and format to 16:9 Anamorphic. I played some recored footage back on the solitaire and noticed I do not see the Cinema scope type borders on the top and bottom like I see in the camera LCD screen. When I trim scenes I can see dark blue borders but the bottom border has a distoted thin line on top of it. I also noticed my system reboots and will always revert back to 4:3 mode in "screen" options under sys. settings when I try to change that to 16:9.
Re: 16:9 help
Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 3:07 pm
by LouBruno
DrDray wrote:I shot a project on my Sony PD170 in it's SD 16:9 wide mode. I now want to dump the footage into my solitaire but I still have a 4:3 monitor. What settings should I be setting?
16:9 Ananmorphic
In project settings I have Image set to normal and format to 16:9 Anamorphic. I played some recored footage back on the solitaire and noticed I do not see the Cinema scope type borders on the top and bottom like I see in the camera LCD screen.
NORMAL and CORRECT.....the PD 170 letterboxed the display
When I trim scenes I can see dark blue borders but the bottom border has a distoted thin line on top of it.
UNDERSCANNED
I also noticed my system reboots and will always revert back to 4:3 mode in "screen" options under sys. settings when I try to change that to 16:9
When you originally set to 16:9, it will default to the same prior setting. Are you saying that there is an auto-power-down?
Lastly, the widescreen results will be poor in quality on a LARGE screen using a 4:3 chip camera as the resolution useage is less than the pixels on the chips.
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Re: 16:9 help
Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 3:04 pm
by DrDray
I still have a few questions here....Since I shot my project in 16:9 widescreen mode on my sony pd170, does this mean that when I create a DVD and play it, is it true that it can only be viewed properly on a 16:9 wide screen TV/monitor? Anotherwords if played on a 4:3TV the images will look squeezed? I was expecting to see the letter boxing border on a 4:3 monitor just like in my LCD on the cam but this not the case..I assume if I were using a or had a 16:9 editing monitor every thing would look normal?
Do I have to set the 16:9 format in project settings before I record/dump video footage into my solitaire?
Re: 16:9 help
Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 3:38 pm
by LouBruno
I still have a few questions here....Since I shot my project in 16:9 widescreen mode on my sony pd170, does this mean that when I create a DVD and play it, is it true that it can only be viewed properly on a 16:9 wide screen TV/monitor?
TRUE with a BUT: If you set the DVD player to LETTERBOX, it will play in a 16:9 aspect ratio on a 4:3 TV with black bars on top and bottom.
Anotherwords if played on a 4:3TV the images will look squeezed
YES and NO.....see above. ARABESK does not have a FLAG to communicate with the DVD player or does the PANASONIC standalone burners. The viewer must set his or her DVD player to LETTERBOX. Viewer must be MENU savy..
I was expecting to see the letter boxing border on a 4:3 monitor just like in my LCD on the cam but this not the case..
CORRECT...that is NEVER the case.
I assume if I were using a or had a 16:9 editing monitor every thing would look normal?
That is the proper way to edit ANAMORPHIC projects.
Do I have to set the 16:9 format in project settings before I record/dump video footage into my solitaire?
I do, AND you must set up ARABESK in the CONTROL area to 16:9 as well.
Re: 16:9 help
Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 2:11 am
by DrDray
Thanks Lou for the helpful info...time to look for a small quality WS moitor that wont break the bank, I just bought a 47" vizio to watch the eagles in HD.