Forcing PD to Capture 16:9

Clapper1

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Jun 11, 2012 20:40

I am capturing in PowerDirector 10 from my Sat. receiver. PD10 is detecting the input as 4:3. Can I fource PD 10 to capture in 16:9 ?

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Xerox

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Jun 12, 2012 03:34

If you can't find a way to force capture at 16:9, you can tell PowerDirector what the aspect ratio of the clip is once you put the clip in the timeline. Right-click on the clip and then select the aspect ratio menu item from the pop-up menu. Finally select the 16:9 ratio option. Gateway DX4380, AMD A8-5500 Quad Core 3.2GHz with ATI Radeon HD 7560D; 16GB RAM; 1 TB SATA 7200 RPM; Windows 8 Pro 64-bit; PDR11, PDVD12.

Clapper1

Newbie Joined: Jun 11, 2012 20:32 Messages: 14 Offline

Jun 12, 2012 05:42

Quote: If you can't find a way to force capture at 16:9, you can tell PowerDirector what the aspect ratio of the clip is once you put the clip in the timeline. Right-click on the clip and then select the aspect ratio menu item from the pop-up menu. Finally select the 16:9 ratio option.

Thanks for the tip. Yes, That's one way of doing it. However that will take time to render. Idealy it would be best to disable auto detection.

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Carl312

Senior Contributor Location: Texas, USA Joined: Mar 16, 2010 20:11 Messages: 9090 Offline

Jun 12, 2012 11:06

Quote: I am capturing in PowerDirector 10 from my Sat. receiver. PD10 is detecting the input as 4:3. Can I fource PD 10 to capture in 16:9 ?

What is your method of getting the video from your Satellite receiver to Powerdirector?

If you are using the Capture Module in Powerdirector, until Cyberlink makes changes, the Capture Module only captures in 4:3 ratio and in SD.

There are Capture Devices that can capture HD video (16:9) from a Satellite Receiver.

http://www.hauppauge.com/site/products/prods_hd-recorders.html

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Clapper1

Newbie Joined: Jun 11, 2012 20:32 Messages: 14 Offline

Jun 12, 2012 23:49

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Quote: I am capturing in PowerDirector 10 from my Sat. receiver. PD10 is detecting the input as 4:3. Can I fource PD 10 to capture in 16:9 ?

What is your method of getting the video from your Satellite receiver to Powerdirector?

If you are using the Capture Module in Powerdirector, until Cyberlink makes changes, the Capture Module only captures in 4:3 ratio and in SD.

There are Capture Devices that can capture HD video (16:9) from a Satellite Receiver.

http://www.hauppauge.com/site/products/prods_hd-recorders.html

I have the Compro C 500. Not an expencive card but it does a fine job for it's price . I had much more expencive cards which gave me problems. Works great with Studio 12.1 in any format. I didn't know that the capture module in PD captures only in 4:3 ratio. That's not good at all.

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