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Originally Posted by Kevin-SFBucks
I was wondering if it was just me... didnt' want to say anything as Rob doesn't like me very much... but here's the weird part.
On my PC it looks just fine.... on my Mac.. I ran it with Quicktime and with Windows Media Player 9 and they are all compressed (left and right).. I am thinking it has something to do with the files working in the expanded (rectangular) pixel aspect but being rendered in the square aspect???? .
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You're right. The aspect ratio is incorrect in those videos. Many HDV cameras shoot in 4:3 (1440x1080) with a pixel aspect ratio of 4:3 (i.e., non square pixels). It's a bit confusing at first and it's a common mistake. The actual size you see on your display is the 'raw' pixels * the pixel aspect ratio. So if you have 1440x1080 'raw' pixels and each pixel has a 4:3 ratio, then the final result is a 1920x1080 video (1440*(4/3) =1920), which is 1920x1080 with a total aspect ratio of 16:9). If you have VLC player installed, you can change the pixel aspect ratio to 16:9 and the videos look great.
Hopefully Alison Angel is also getting the 8000kbit/s 1920x1080 videos?