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PowerDirector newbie needs help with screen ratio captures
Easytimes455 [Avatar]
Newbie Location: North Carolina Joined: Jan 14, 2018 17:04 Messages: 6 Offline
[Post New] Jan 15, 2018 06:52
I'm a new adopter of PowerDirector, after years of using Corel VideoStudio, and I just can't seem to get my output to come out the way I would like it. In other words... I would like to make DVDs, and run them on a 16:9 display through a DVD/Blu-ray player without distortion or crop bars.

I use a Canopus ADVC110 for the captures, and it outputs mpg2 720:480. PowerDirector menu button is set to 16:9 for output. The clip I capture displays in wide screen mode during capture, which is the way the original content displays. However, when I play it back after capturing, it's in full screen mode, and it's cropped, not squeezed.

My video properties for the clip says 720:480. I have always been able to translate that to a very good 16:9, and hopefully, I can do that with PowerDirector, with some guidance. I just can't seem to find the controls that would allow that.

Any assistance would be much appreciated. It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning for others
Carl312
Senior Contributor Location: Texas, USA Joined: Mar 16, 2010 20:11 Messages: 9090 Offline
[Post New] Jan 15, 2018 08:18
Quote I'm a new adopter of PowerDirector, after years of using Corel VideoStudio, and I just can't seem to get my output to come out the way I would like it. In other words... I would like to make DVDs, and run them on a 16:9 display through a DVD/Blu-ray player without distortion or crop bars.

I use a Canopus ADVC110 for the captures, and it outputs mpg2 720:480. PowerDirector menu button is set to 16:9 for output. The clip I capture displays in wide screen mode during capture, which is the way the original content displays. However, when I play it back after capturing, it's in full screen mode, and it's cropped, not squeezed.

My video properties for the clip says 720:480. I have always been able to translate that to a very good 16:9, and hopefully, I can do that with PowerDirector, with some guidance. I just can't seem to find the controls that would allow that.

Any assistance would be much appreciated.
A few things to check:

  1. be sure you have 16:9 set as your project/timeline ratio. (on top of the user interface)

  2. check you are using widescreen in Create disk, if you are producing Disks.



Also on the timeline, if you right click the video, you can change the aspect ratio of the video. Right Click > Set Clip Atributes > set Aspect ratio. Carl312: Windows 10 64-bit 8 GB RAM,AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz,ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB,240GB SSD,two 1TB HDs.

Easytimes455 [Avatar]
Newbie Location: North Carolina Joined: Jan 14, 2018 17:04 Messages: 6 Offline
[Post New] Jan 15, 2018 11:35
  • be sure you have 16:9 set as your project/timeline ratio. (on top of the user interface)

  • check you are using widescreen in Create disk, if you are producing Disks.



    • Also on the timeline, if you right click the video, you can change the aspect ratio of the video. Right Click > Set Clip Atributes > set Aspect ratio.


    Thanks for the response.
    The window drop down says it's 16:9, and the screen frame is big enough, but the video mask is much more square and surrounded by a black border. There was one scene I was able to capture with a wide screen, but then when I put it in the edit mode, it was much smaller, but still wider screen, but the border was all the way around. It was a full crop of a wide screen.

    Just for a test, I took one of my previous captures that came from the same Canopus ADVC 110 device, but I captured it with the Corel VideoStudio app. It plays perfectly, and in PowerDirector it appears clearer, but everything I capture in PowerDirector from my Canopus seems doomed to the 4:3 view mode. I may try burning this pile of clips and see if it doesn't burn it in 16:9. Something tells me that's a bit of a dream.

    Not sure how to overcome this one.
    Thanks again

    This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at Jan 16. 2018 07:06

    It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning for others
    Carl312
    Senior Contributor Location: Texas, USA Joined: Mar 16, 2010 20:11 Messages: 9090 Offline
    [Post New] Jan 15, 2018 13:53

    Quote
  • be sure you have 16:9 set as your project/timeline ratio. (on top of the user interface)

  • check you are using widescreen in Create disk, if you are producing Disks.

    • [/olist]

    Also on the timeline, if you right click the video, you can change the aspect ratio of the video. Right Click > Set Clip Atributes > set Aspect ratio.


    Thanks for the response.
    The window drop down says it's 16:9, and the screen frame is big enough, but the video mask is much more square and surrounded by a black border. There was one scene I was able to capture with a wide screen, but then when I put it in the edit mode, it was much smaller, but still wider screen, but the border was all the way around. It was a full crop of a wide screen.

    Just for a test, I took one of my previous captures that came from the same Canopus ADVC 110 device, but I captured it with the Corel VideoStudio app. It plays perfectly, and in PowerDirector it appears clearer, but everything I capture in PowerDirector from my Canopus seems doomed to the 4:3 view mode. I may try burning this pile of clips and see if it doesn't burn it in 16:9. Something tells me that's a bit of a dream.

    Not sure how to overcome this one.
    Thanks again

    My last statement is the way. Change the aspect ratio on the timeline. You can change a 4:3 video to a 16:9 video without black bars on the side.

    Standard definition video can either be 4:3 aspect ratio or 16:9 aspect ratio. Sometimes you have to tell the video editor what the aspect ratio you want.

    This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at Jan 15. 2018 13:55

    Carl312: Windows 10 64-bit 8 GB RAM,AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz,ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB,240GB SSD,two 1TB HDs.

    Easytimes455 [Avatar]
    Newbie Location: North Carolina Joined: Jan 14, 2018 17:04 Messages: 6 Offline
    [Post New] Jan 15, 2018 16:32
    Thank you, at least for the capture part of this, I have things working better. Captured some video, and spread it out, nice.
    Let's see what else I can do with this.
    Thanks again...



    Quote

    Quote
  • be sure you have 16:9 set as your project/timeline ratio. (on top of the user interface)

  • check you are using widescreen in Create disk, if you are producing Disks.

    • [/olist]

    Also on the timeline, if you right click the video, you can change the aspect ratio of the video. Right Click > Set Clip Atributes > set Aspect ratio.


    Thanks for the response.
    The window drop down says it's 16:9, and the screen frame is big enough, but the video mask is much more square and surrounded by a black border. There was one scene I was able to capture with a wide screen, but then when I put it in the edit mode, it was much smaller, but still wider screen, but the border was all the way around. It was a full crop of a wide screen.

    Just for a test, I took one of my previous captures that came from the same Canopus ADVC 110 device, but I captured it with the Corel VideoStudio app. It plays perfectly, and in PowerDirector it appears clearer, but everything I capture in PowerDirector from my Canopus seems doomed to the 4:3 view mode. I may try burning this pile of clips and see if it doesn't burn it in 16:9. Something tells me that's a bit of a dream.

    Not sure how to overcome this one.
    Thanks again

    My last statement is the way. Change the aspect ratio on the timeline. You can change a 4:3 video to a 16:9 video without black bars on the side.

    Standard definition video can either be 4:3 aspect ratio or 16:9 aspect ratio. Sometimes you have to tell the video editor what the aspect ratio you want.
    It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning for others
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