Can vDub capture in 16:9 aspect ratio?

[gammer]

Can vDub capture in 16:9 aspect ratio?

I can do a 16:9 capture with MMC, but I'd like to try capturing avi at 16:9. I did try using MMC 9.02 to capture avi in 16:9, but the audio was way out of sync. It seems vDub does a better job at syncing the audio.

Thanks,
gammer

[JohnnyMalaria]

What are you capturing from and what is the final destination for the video?

If capturing DV, there's no such thing as capturing 16:9 or 4:3 - it's just what ever it happens to be. Whether the editing software can then tell the difference between DV footage tagged as 16:9 vs 4:3 is another matter.

If you can elaborate, that would help.

Regards,

John.

[gammer]

What I am doing:
I am capturing direct from a stand alone DVD player. The movie is in 16:9 ratio. I know this is not the recommended way to get a movie off a DVD...normaly I rip it.

However, while I am capturing this video, I am going to be adding in additional audio (commentary) the same time the movie is being played/captured. I have the audio equip to mix the two seperate audio.

Since the source is a 16:9 DVD movie, and I am playing it back on a LCD widescreen tv, I would prefer to keep the 16:9 ratio.

Like I mentioned before, MMC9.02 does capture mpeg2 in 16:9 ratio. I confirmed this with a test capture and then ran the test mpg through DVD2AVI and it picked it up as 16:9

But I do prefer capturing to AVI and converting with a software econder (for best results). This is why I am asking if vDub can capture in 16:9

Thanks

[JohnnyMalaria]

So after capturing the AVI, will you convert it to MPEG2/DVD again? If so, that's probably the point to ensure the video is flagged as 16:9. What encoder will you be using?

John.

[gammer]

Yes, I will convert to DVD Mpeg2 with TMPGEnc

I also received this reply from the unofficial vDub forum:

VirtualDub will capture whatever image size your capture device supports. There is no need for a 16:9 button.

[JohnnyMalaria]

Exactly - the frame size in terms of pixels is the same whether it is 4:3 or 16:9. A flag in the DVD file tells the DVD player what to do. A widescreen TV *should* detect a flag in the signal, too, and switch modes accordingly.

Somewhere in TMPGEnc should be a setting to tell it to create the final video with the 16:9 flag set (I haven't used it so I can't tell you where to look).

John.