Trouble recording with correct aspect.

[Koolfreak]

(By the way, sorry about my bad english)

Here's my materials.

Camcorder DV Panasonic PV-GS80 (Native 16:9)
DVD recorder Sony RDR-GX380
Powerdirector 7

I've some trouble to find how to record my DV in 16:9.

I've tried to record my camcorder directly with the computer, but it result some lags. But aspect ratio is still ok with 16:9.

The best result I had was to record first with my dvd recorder with dv port in HQ, then extract this on my computer with powerdirector for editing.

The problem is when I record with my Sony DVD recorder, the aspect still ok (16:9) when I watch the videos with the recorder, but when I extract with powerdirector, it became 4:3. Same thing when I read the DVD originally made by the sony recorder with windows media player, there is 1 bar on each side, and the image is shrink.

And if I edit the video originally made with the sony recorder with powerdirector 7 and I burn it on a new DVD, the image become 4:3 and shrink with my Sony Recorder either.

I read all manuals of my materials, and I don't find any solution.

Thanx to help.

[edDV]

I don't have that software but the problem is identifying the clip as 16:9 (wide). Sometimes you can change this in clip properties for each program.

[tomlee59]

Your English is certainly better than my French (par exemple), so need to apologize!

The aspect ratio problem is fairly commonly encountered when using DVD recorders particularly. You can manually set (or) clear the 16:9 flag with a tool such as IFOedit (a very useful tool for many other operations as well). Instructions, and (additional) download links, may be found here: http://www.dvdr-digest.com/articles/42_1.html

No re-encoding will be necessary, so the operation will only take minutes, and there will be no degradation in quality.

Bonne chance!