16:9 pixelation

[maxxDV]

Ok this is odd, since with my previous camera I shot in 16:9 and edited it out to perfect clarity, but recently when I import footage I shot in 16:9 from my Sony HC20 (which I just got) I get pixelation no matter which way I try to export my footage.

I edit using Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0 and I tried using a 16:9 project and exported 16:9, still pixelated, I then tried 4:3 project and export, same, I even tried anamorphic, same. What gives?

[minko]

I don't have Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0 - So I can't give any advice with the mechanics of that program.

I do have a Sony 16:9 Camcorder - DC-HC42.

I do capture, edit and export 16:9 DV-AVI using Pinnacle Studio Plus 10.7.

I did have a similar problem with Pinnacle. I was saving my 16:9 projects as 16:9 AVI files after I edited them and I noticed pixilation too. I finally figured out the AVI flavor that I was saving them in was MJPEG instead of DV-AVI. As soon as I changed to saving as DV-AVI, my pixilation problem went away.

Maybe you're saving as MJPEG AVI and if you try DV AVI maybe the pixilation will disappear?

[maxxDV]

no I work for a studio and we use Macintosh software, I am very accustomed to exporting in DV format, and I promise I'm using DV export. Still getting the problem

[edDV]

To separate Premiere Pro issues from camcorder issues. Try a capture with WinDV which works bare bones at a lower level as a DirectShow DV control panel. It makes a good test for other issues.

Camcorderinfo.com thought that camcorder was ok for video.
http://www.camcorderinfo.com/content/sony-dcr-hc20-camcorder-review.htm

[maxxDV]

I capture with Stoik Capturer, which has always worked in the past for my 4:3 or 16:9 needs. However when I view the raw footage that it captured it is stretched vertically (image appears tall) and pixelated. Same thing happens when I capture in Premiere using either 4:3 or 16:9 settings.

I know the camera records 16:9 in a "software manipulated" mode, not true 16:9, could this have something to do with it? I'm just so confused.

[edDV]

I capture with Stoik Capturer, which has always worked in the past for my 4:3 or 16:9 needs. However when I view the raw footage that it captured it is stretched vertically (image appears tall) and pixelated. Same thing happens when I capture in Premiere using either 4:3 or 16:9 settings.

I know the camera records 16:9 in a "software manipulated" mode, not true 16:9, could this have something to do with it? I'm just so confused.

It shouldn't be pixelated but it is 720x480i interlace. Sure you aren't just seeing field lines?

A raw view of 16:9 DV (or DVD 16:9 MPeg2 for that matter) should look full height and horizontally squeezed like this.

720x480


When played to a wide TV or in a software player it gets stretched out and looks like this.

853x480