320x240 to VCD + Using Premiere

[Zak0]

I'm using Premiere and have the CCE plug-in installed. My video source is at 320x240 and I need to go to either VCD or DVD, but the CCE plug-in complains that the video width must be 352. I've spent a lot of time editing this video in Premiere, so I'd like to find a solution that allows me to use my Premiere project.

Is there a way to have Premiere resize the output? Can I frameserve out of Premiere somehow and resize on the way to CCE? Will I have to save my edited video out as uncompressed AVI and then re-encode that using some other tool that can do the resize for me? HELP?!?!

Thanks in advance,
-Zak

[webberm73]

Zak: It been awhile since I used Premiere, but can you change your video project settings to 352x240 in Premiere? I think this will cause Premiere to encode each frame in the dimensions you need to frame-serve to CCE.

/MW

[sacajaweeda]

Will I have to save my edited video out as uncompressed AVI and then re-encode that using some other tool that can do the resize for me? HELP?!?!

Not sure about the Premiere/CCE plugin, but if you save it as uncompressed AVI you can frameserve it to CCE with an AVISynth script at 320x240.


AVISource("whatever.avi")
LanczosResize(320, 240)

etc...

[Zak0]

Okay, I tried changing the resolution when I export the timeline and that worked (although the video ended up looking stretched a bit horizontally). I can't seem to get my stupid capture card (ATI TV Wonder PCI) to capture at anything higher than 320x240.

Anyone have any ideas to get my card to capture more horizontal pixels? Worst case, maybe there's a way within Premiere to add black bars to the sides to fill out the extra pixels without having to stretch the image? Or maybe AVISynth can do that?

Thanks,
-Zak

[sacajaweeda]

AVISource("whatever.avi")
BicubicResize(xxx,xxx)
AddBorders(x,x,x,x)


When adding borders...
AddBorders(Left,Top,Right,Bottom)

Subtract whatever you add for borders from your target framesize...

Ie;


AVISource("whatever.avi")
BicubicResize(320,230)
AddBorders(0,5,0,5)


Would give you a 320x240 frame size with a slight 5 line "letterbox" style border at the top & bottom

[Wood]

Hello,

After u edit your original file in timeline....

1 - Click to mark your film on timeline.
2- Clip>Video Option>Maintain Aspect Ratio

After this you can export your timeline(without stretched) as you want...

Good luck..
Wood


PS: Read the Premiere Help "Aspect Ratio", have a lot of good information for you.