Why have I got this Black Box on my clips???

[Dear Prudence]

Hi

My problem;

My clips have ended up with a 'heavy square black box' around them.
(there were not recorded like this).

This is what I've done;

I have saved a miniDV tape to Premiere Pro 1.5.

The settings I have used are the 'Widescreen Default';
Pixel Aspect Ratio: D1/DV PAL Widescreen 16:9 (1.422)
I am using a 14" TV as a monitor (4:3).

When saving the clips, the view in the monitor was FULL view.

If I pull a clip into the PPro monitor (i.e. within PP) - the view
I receive is also 'full view'.

BUT if I edit the clips and drop them on the Time Line - the
'Sequence View' and the Time Line have the Black Box effect.

This view is also on the TV monitor.

I could understand if the view was a Letter Box - but this doesn't seem right.

I have just finished a lot of VHS tapes - and did not have this problem.

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On 'Field Options' I have the following ticked;

Processing Options

None (yes)

Frame Blend Speed Change (yes)

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I have checked out 'Effects' (just in case a box like effect is active) but no trace.

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These are my settings.

General
Editing mode: DV Playback
Timebase: 25.00 fps

Video Settings
Frame size: 720h 576v (1.422)
Frame rate: 25.00 frames/second
Pixel Aspect Ratio: D1/DV PAL Widescreen 16:9 (1.422)
Color depth: Millions of colors
Quality: 100 (out of 100)
Fields: Lower Field First

Audio Settings
Sample rate: 48000 samples/second

Recorder
DV/IEEE1394 Capture

Video Rendering
DV (PAL)
Color depth: Millions of colors

Default Sequence
Total video tracks: 3
Master track type: Stereo
Mono tracks: 0
Stereo tracks: 3
5.1 tracks: 0
Submix mono tracks: 0
Submix stereo tracks: 0
Submix 5.1 tracks: 0

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Thanks alot.

Stephen.

[erayboul]

Are your original MiniDV tapes encoded for widescreen? My Sony DCR-VX2000 (NTSC) is not capable of a true widescreen, so I always choose Standard 48kHz for the project settings