"Graham Jackman" wrote in message
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Please, what ratio do you get when you play OUT via the ADVC (ie. DV
[IEEE1394] Analogue) to the TV set, do you still have a problem ?

Hi Paul ,
I've got the Canopus set to PAL and am recording to the PC using DVIO .
I've recorded footage from a digital camcorder to the PC and the ratio is
fine with that so I can only assume the aspect ratio fault lies with the
Canopus . I've checked the dipswitches and it's set to PAL ( switch 1 on )
and the rest are set to off .

Here's some footage I've saved ( approx 1mb )

http://mysite.freeserve.com/stiggsy/test.avi

Taking the dimensions as being the width as the width of the boxes and the
height as the overall height of both boxes ( ie . the bottom of the bottom
box to the top of the top box ) from the TV set I get the following ( size
in mm )

426 X 268

If you divide the width by the height the ratio of the boxes comes to 1.589

Using Windows media player on my pc I get 216 X 150 = 1.44

Using zoomplayer at 4:3 ratio I get 232 X 152 = 1.526

If I set the custom aspect ratio on zoomplayer to 1.385 : 1 I get 232 X
146 = 1.589 which is the same as the ratio on the TV .

I've spent many hours researching and modifying setting but to no avail , is
this just me ?

Graham .




"Paul Harrison" wrote in message
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are you capturing pal footage to editor setup in pal format?

could it be the monitor settings you're using?

i have had no difficulty with mine with most editor apps.

Paul
"Jerry." wrote in message
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"Keith Laws" wrote in message
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In article , Jerry.
writes

In non of the reviews I've seen for the ADVC100 has anyone mentioned
this
problem (both state side or UK) !

Is it because PC pixels are square and TV ones are not? It will be
fine
once it is sent back to the TV again.
--

Could it be, is this another case of looking good / crap on the computer
monitor and looking crap / good on a production monitor or TV screen ?
IYSWIM

"Graham Jackman" wrote in message
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"Jerry." wrote in message
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"Graham Jackman" wrote in message
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Please, what ratio do you get when you play OUT via the ADVC (ie. DV
[IEEE1394] Analogue) to the TV set, do you still have a problem ?



Good idea , I've just tried this and the picture is ok with the same
aspect
ratio as the original although the picture is in black & white , is this
normal ?

Err I very much doubt it is ! You're not trying to play out as an NTSC
signal are you ?...


Nigel Longman has very kindly sent me a link to a site which goes some way
to explain the problem although it takes some reading , here's the link if
you wish to view

http://www.uwasa.fi/~f76998/video/conversion/


Will do.

"Jerry." wrote in message
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"Graham Jackman" wrote in message
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Please, what ratio do you get when you play OUT via the ADVC (ie. DV
[IEEE1394] Analogue) to the TV set, do you still have a problem ?



Good idea , I've just tried this and the picture is ok with the same aspect
ratio as the original although the picture is in black & white , is this
normal ?

Nigel Longman has very kindly sent me a link to a site which goes some way
to explain the problem although it takes some reading , here's the link if
you wish to view

http://www.uwasa.fi/~f76998/video/conversion/

Graham .