Maintaining aspect ratio
Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 8:19 pm
Is there any way to maintain the aspect ratio of a source video? I am using some 16:9 material, but the only output choices in resolution don't give me a 16:9 product.
For example, anamorphic widescreen DVD; on the screen it physically takes up 853.33333333 x 480 pixels. And I do know that 16:9 WMV files are 720 x 480 (NOT truly 16:9, but when such files are played back, it is automatically scaled to output a 16:9 aspect ratio.)
But when I input a 16:9 file in MultiQuence, there are no true 16:9 output choices. And the final product (unlike 16:9, 720 x 480 WMV files which are automatically scaled) appears to be squeezed horizontally or vertically depending the the resolution I chose, maintaining the actual (non-16:9) aspect ratio of the chosen resolution.
16:9 is 1.78:1
But 720 x 480 gives me a 1.5:1 output.
and 800 x 480 gives me a 1.67:1 output
and 1024 x 480 give me a 2.13:1 output.
16:9 (1.78:1) is completely passed up. Is there a way around this?
For example, anamorphic widescreen DVD; on the screen it physically takes up 853.33333333 x 480 pixels. And I do know that 16:9 WMV files are 720 x 480 (NOT truly 16:9, but when such files are played back, it is automatically scaled to output a 16:9 aspect ratio.)
But when I input a 16:9 file in MultiQuence, there are no true 16:9 output choices. And the final product (unlike 16:9, 720 x 480 WMV files which are automatically scaled) appears to be squeezed horizontally or vertically depending the the resolution I chose, maintaining the actual (non-16:9) aspect ratio of the chosen resolution.
16:9 is 1.78:1
But 720 x 480 gives me a 1.5:1 output.
and 800 x 480 gives me a 1.67:1 output
and 1024 x 480 give me a 2.13:1 output.
16:9 (1.78:1) is completely passed up. Is there a way around this?