NEO HDV or HD? help please

David Newman · January 26th, 2008, 11:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris Wysocki

I tried the neo HDV last night. I captured 5 mins. of my footage to cineforms direct AVI codec. Its nice because it plays in windows media player no problem and looks very clear.

The only problem i have with it is the fact that when i play back the video i have blacks bars on both the left side and right side of the video. Is this because of the 1440 x 1080 pixel count? Its weird because when i play play my footage from tape to my TV via component video it plays 16:9 which i want.

So im gonna try out NEO HD and see if resizing the image to 16:9 1920 x1080 fixes that problem and hopefully holds that clearity.

Any Ideas , hints. Thanx Chris

Sounds like you might be using Media Player under Vista, which has this bug (it uses the wrong decoder.) If you use Media Player Classic, or any other DirectShow player your the aspect ratio is correct.

Chris Wysocki · January 26th, 2008, 11:12 AM

Really David? Thanx for the info. Yeah , i was using media player in vista and didnt know about the bug. I hope they fix that. Ill download classic or a directshow decoder and see how it displays ,

thanx

David Newman · January 26th, 2008, 11:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris Wysocki

Really David? Thanx for the info. Yeah , i was using media player in vista and didnt know about the bug. I hope they fix that. Ill download classic or a directshow decoder and see how it displays ,

thanx

I'm sure it will our job to work around the Vista Media Player changes, but Media Player Classic (http://www.free-codecs.com/download/...r_Classic.htm), is actually a better player (faster, more flexible.)

Chris Wysocki · January 26th, 2008, 11:28 AM

sweet bro , thanx for the link , i could find a legit site to download it from.

Chris Wysocki · January 26th, 2008, 01:51 PM

hey David , i downloded the mp classic , but when i open the file with it i get an error , Now do i need to download the codec for it? , which codec ? classic is new to me , thanx Chris

David Newman · January 26th, 2008, 04:08 PM

No, you shouldn't need to install anything. Go to the Start Menu->CineForm->Tools->Register Components. It seems your PC is not seeing the DirectShow decoder.

Chris Wysocki · January 26th, 2008, 05:31 PM

thanx David , got it working , i had to enable all video codecs in the options menu ,

January 26th, 2008, 04:08 PM	#21
David Newman CTO, CineForm Inc. Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California Posts: 8,095	No, you shouldn't need to install anything. Go to the Start Menu->CineForm->Tools->Register Components. It seems your PC is not seeing the DirectShow decoder. __________________ David Newman -- web: www.gopro.com blog: cineform.blogspot.com -- twitter: twitter.com/David_Newman

January 26th, 2008, 11:12 AM	#17
Chris Wysocki Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Cromwell, CT Posts: 81	Really David? Thanx for the info. Yeah , i was using media player in vista and didnt know about the bug. I hope they fix that. Ill download classic or a directshow decoder and see how it displays , thanx

January 26th, 2008, 11:28 AM	#19
Chris Wysocki Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Cromwell, CT Posts: 81	sweet bro , thanx for the link , i could find a legit site to download it from.

January 26th, 2008, 01:51 PM	#20
Chris Wysocki Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Cromwell, CT Posts: 81	hey David , i downloded the mp classic , but when i open the file with it i get an error , Now do i need to download the codec for it? , which codec ? classic is new to me , thanx Chris

January 26th, 2008, 05:31 PM	#22
Chris Wysocki Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Cromwell, CT Posts: 81	thanx David , got it working , i had to enable all video codecs in the options menu ,