Re: Windows media player

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Tove


"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" wrote:

On Mon, 8 Jun 2009 23:39:01 -0700, Tove
<Tove@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hello. When playing the video I`ve made, all the people - and everything -
gets very lean and tall.. seem very strange! What do I do to make thingns
look "natural" and not tall and lean? Hope to hear form you!

How did you make the video (what software was it ?)

In general, if you shot a 16:9 (widescreen) aspect ratio video, then
converted or output using a tool which always makes 4:3 (TV) aspect
ratio, everything will look distorted

So you'd need to ensure your video editor was set to 'maintain aspect
ratio' if you shot widescreen - or not to manually resize if you shot
4:3 e.g. at 640x480 then output at 240x320 instead of 320x240

HTH
Cheers - Neil
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Digital Media MVP : 2004-2009
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs

Hello Neil, and thanks a lot.
Well, I made the video on a JVC Everio-hardisk camera - and just imported it
into my pc.. When I opened the files Windows Media Player just started to
play the many clips..
I am afraid I am not quite sure what size I shot the film in... and where to ajust it in Windows media player...
Tove ;)
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