widescreen capture

[Beejay66]

Hi, I have just tried to transfer some video from my camera to my pc using
windows movie maker. I have recorded the footage on my camera in widescreen
but when I transfer it to pc it is squashed back to 4/3 format.Is there any
way I can correct this or do I need to buy some other software? thanks Bill.

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

In Windows Movie Maker... from the Toolbar, Tools, Options..... 16:9 instead
of 4:3.
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Cari (MS-MVP)
Printing & Imaging
http://www.coribright.com/windows



"Beejay66" > wrote in message
...
> Hi, I have just tried to transfer some video from my camera to my pc using
> windows movie maker. I have recorded the footage on my camera in
> widescreen
> but when I transfer it to pc it is squashed back to 4/3 format.Is there
> any
> way I can correct this or do I need to buy some other software? thanks
> Bill.
>

[mat]

That dose nothing except change the display window....

"Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:

> In Windows Movie Maker... from the Toolbar, Tools, Options..... 16:9 instead
> of 4:3.
> --
> Cari (MS-MVP)
> Printing & Imaging
> http://www.coribright.com/windows
>
>
>
> "Beejay66" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Hi, I have just tried to transfer some video from my camera to my pc using
> > windows movie maker. I have recorded the footage on my camera in
> > widescreen
> > but when I transfer it to pc it is squashed back to 4/3 format.Is there
> > any
> > way I can correct this or do I need to buy some other software? thanks
> > Bill.
> >
>
>
>

[Ralphy]

Is it recorded in 16:9 or just in widescreen? Because sometimes there is a
difference. Some "widescreen" or "cinema" setting simply add black bars to
the top and bottom of the image so the image is wide but the whole frame is
still effectively 4:3. Perhaps you do need to get a more advanced editing
program.

"mat" > wrote in message
...
> That dose nothing except change the display window....
>
> "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:
>
>> In Windows Movie Maker... from the Toolbar, Tools, Options..... 16:9
>> instead
>> of 4:3.
>> --
>> Cari (MS-MVP)
>> Printing & Imaging
>> http://www.coribright.com/windows
>>
>>
>>
>> "Beejay66" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > Hi, I have just tried to transfer some video from my camera to my pc
>> > using
>> > windows movie maker. I have recorded the footage on my camera in
>> > widescreen
>> > but when I transfer it to pc it is squashed back to 4/3 format.Is there
>> > any
>> > way I can correct this or do I need to buy some other software? thanks
>> > Bill.
>> >
>>
>>
>>

[mat]

The problem as it turns out is the JVC format. I found a program called "
sdcopy " that changes the tag to 16:9 and allows you to edit the file in
windows movie maker in 16:9 format.

http://zyvid.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=280.0;id=153