Neo HDV aspect ratio problems at DVinfo.net

Laurence Kingston · May 9th, 2007, 09:50 PM

I recently upgraded from Connect HD to Neo HDV. I'm a Sony Vegas user. Anyway, since upgrading to Neo, I'm having some aspect ratio problems that I didn't have before. WMP playback of Cineform clips, both those converted by Connect HD and Neo now look vertically stretched to 4:3 aspect ratio whereas they used to show properly as 16:9 before the upgrade.
Virtualdub also now messes up the aspect ratio (it didn't before). So does DVDit Pro HD. I'm sure it's just a simple playback flag issue or something like that.

Laurence Kingston · May 10th, 2007, 11:14 PM

The latest update of Neo fixed this problem.

David Newman · May 11th, 2007, 09:15 AM

That is good, I don't how the bug occured or how it was fixed. Now I don't have to find out. :)

Laurence Kingston · April 20th, 2008, 08:55 AM

I'm reviving this old thread because this problem has resurfaced in the last several revisions of Neo HDV.

Not that it's a really big deal, but it's probably easy to fix.

The problem is that when I watch 1440x1080 clips in WMP, the 16:9 gets squished into 4:3.

The reason this is a important to me is that when I render a Cineform codec master it looks squished when I try to play it in WMP. I can't see it at the right aspect ratio until I render it into m2t or AVCHD or some other format.

I know you guys can do it because you did it before.

David Newman · April 20th, 2008, 09:20 AM

We never saw it here, so it like like something something on your PC. Are you running Vista?

Laurence Kingston · April 20th, 2008, 07:55 PM

I'm running Vista 64 Ultimate on my new machine. My old one was a P4 with XP Pro. I've had the same problem with both machines.

WMP is supposed to show the right aspect ratio right?

Jay Bloomfield · April 21st, 2008, 07:26 PM

I also have Vista x64 and see the same problem, but not for every Cineform avi. I can't figure out why WMP does this, since no other media player does.

Does it have to do with the Cineform decoder registry quality setting?

David Newman · April 21st, 2008, 08:55 PM

The is a known issue with Window Media Player under Vista, everywhere else it works.

Laurence Kingston · April 24th, 2008, 09:00 AM

OK, I see now. The aspect ratio looks fine in Media Player Classic.

May 9th, 2007, 09:50 PM	#1
Laurence Kingston Major Player Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Clermont, FL. Posts: 941	Neo HDV aspect ratio problems I recently upgraded from Connect HD to Neo HDV. I'm a Sony Vegas user. Anyway, since upgrading to Neo, I'm having some aspect ratio problems that I didn't have before. WMP playback of Cineform clips, both those converted by Connect HD and Neo now look vertically stretched to 4:3 aspect ratio whereas they used to show properly as 16:9 before the upgrade. Virtualdub also now messes up the aspect ratio (it didn't before). So does DVDit Pro HD. I'm sure it's just a simple playback flag issue or something like that.

May 11th, 2007, 09:15 AM	#3
David Newman CTO, CineForm Inc. Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California Posts: 8,095	That is good, I don't how the bug occured or how it was fixed. Now I don't have to find out. :) __________________ David Newman -- web: www.gopro.com blog: cineform.blogspot.com -- twitter: twitter.com/David_Newman

April 20th, 2008, 09:20 AM	#5
David Newman CTO, CineForm Inc. Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California Posts: 8,095	We never saw it here, so it like like something something on your PC. Are you running Vista? __________________ David Newman -- web: www.gopro.com blog: cineform.blogspot.com -- twitter: twitter.com/David_Newman

April 21st, 2008, 08:55 PM	#8
David Newman CTO, CineForm Inc. Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California Posts: 8,095	The is a known issue with Window Media Player under Vista, everywhere else it works. __________________ David Newman -- web: www.gopro.com blog: cineform.blogspot.com -- twitter: twitter.com/David_Newman

May 10th, 2007, 11:14 PM	#2
Laurence Kingston Major Player Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Clermont, FL. Posts: 941	The latest update of Neo fixed this problem.

April 20th, 2008, 08:55 AM	#4
Laurence Kingston Major Player Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Clermont, FL. Posts: 941	I'm reviving this old thread because this problem has resurfaced in the last several revisions of Neo HDV. Not that it's a really big deal, but it's probably easy to fix. The problem is that when I watch 1440x1080 clips in WMP, the 16:9 gets squished into 4:3. The reason this is a important to me is that when I render a Cineform codec master it looks squished when I try to play it in WMP. I can't see it at the right aspect ratio until I render it into m2t or AVCHD or some other format. I know you guys can do it because you did it before.

April 20th, 2008, 07:55 PM	#6
Laurence Kingston Major Player Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Clermont, FL. Posts: 941	I'm running Vista 64 Ultimate on my new machine. My old one was a P4 with XP Pro. I've had the same problem with both machines. WMP is supposed to show the right aspect ratio right?

April 21st, 2008, 07:26 PM	#7
Jay Bloomfield Major Player Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Voorheesville, NY Posts: 433	I also have Vista x64 and see the same problem, but not for every Cineform avi. I can't figure out why WMP does this, since no other media player does. Does it have to do with the Cineform decoder registry quality setting?

April 24th, 2008, 09:00 AM	#9
Laurence Kingston Major Player Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Clermont, FL. Posts: 941	OK, I see now. The aspect ratio looks fine in Media Player Classic.