Graham
Wed Apr 04 06:57:25 CDT 2007
A projector :)
There is no fix without losing quality as you have found. It is the way tv's
work. In the overscan area they send teletext/pprogramme info etc.
--
Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.myvideoproblems.com
"BT" <BT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Graham, thanks for sticking with me on this. I think you're right on
> the
> money...overscan.
>
> Before I had read your response I found another resource, here is the
> link:
>
>
http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=54667
>
> It's just what you said.
>
> There is also a workaround (not a fix, read on) provided that was fun to
> try
> but ultimately didn't work for me because while it zoomed out and made
> more
> picture appear back on the DV output, it left a slightly poorer quality to
> the video. The filter also made for poor quality transitions.
>
> I originally thought that I was editing video at the price of losing
> picture
> (around the edges) but as it turns out (as you inquired about below), the
> edited movie back to the DV could be recaptured back to MM with the same
> "wider" preivew, i.e. the DV edit was the same as the orignal DV.
>
> So anyway, thanks again. Do you have any thoughts?
>
> I still need a fix for Overscan. What a PIA, all I want is perfection.
>
> Bryan
>
> "Graham Hughes" wrote:
>
>> Sorry not with you.
>>
>> When you view a film on tv you'll have a slight amount of the picture
>> missing due to tv overscan. On most tv's it's 10% all round, but it does
>> differ,
>>
>> Camcorder screens show various amounts of the actual picture, but as far
>> as
>> I've been able to tell it varies from make to make and model to model and
>> there is no set amount.
>>
>> Movie Maker shows a preview of the movie. This preview is low resolution,
>> though it should show it all.
>>
>> So, MM should show you the whole frame, your tv and camcorder won't.
>>
>>
>> What happens if you recapture a piece of movie that you sent back to
>> tape?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Graham Hughes
>> MVP Digital Media
>> www.myvideoproblems.com
>>
>>
>> "BT" <BT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:3B83D9F7-27EF-463F-918F-F37199C755C7@microsoft.com...
>> >I think I've tried everything. Again, I capture my video from my Canon
>> >to
>> > WMM. Works fine. I edit the file and output back to my DV. Obviously
>> > there's
>> > no loss of quality, it looks great. However, when I inspect a random
>> > frame
>> > and compare my TV and LCD (on camera) the sides are slightly cropped
>> > when
>> > I
>> > find the same frame on WMM. It's subtle, but I want perfection, I just
>> > don't
>> > understand it.
>> >
>> > Does anyone else notice this?
>> >
>> > "Graham Hughes" wrote:
>> >
>> >> You've not switched a setting to 16.9 or something like that have you?
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >>
>> >> Graham Hughes
>> >> MVP Digital Media
>> >> www.myvideoproblems.com
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "BT" <BT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:F9F02770-3041-4402-B352-71F0C5B37702@microsoft.com...
>> >> > Hi. I'm experiencing a problem sending my DV-AVI WMM edit back to my
>> >> > tape
>> >> > on
>> >> > my Canon ZR850. I've also noticed the same thing while using AVID
>> >> > FREE.
>> >> > Everything is absolutely great, except that I notice the outer left
>> >> > and
>> >> > right
>> >> > sides of the movie become cropped on the DV tape. In other words,
>> >> > the
>> >> > picture
>> >> > that I see on my tape is slightly less than what I see within WMM.
>> >> > In
>> >> > still
>> >> > other words, I'm losing picture when I transfer back to my DV tape.
>> >> > Why
>> >> > is
>> >> > this happening?
>> >> >
>> >> > Please help.
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks.
>> >> >
>> >> > BT
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
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