Premiere and 16:9 at DVinfo.net

Peter Koller · February 15th, 2002, 01:22 PM

When I am shooting I have my notebook firewired to the XL1 and use it as a controlmonitor. I also record each take on the harddisk for replays, which I find very convenient.

I am capturing the footage with Premiere 6.0 and the question is:

During the capture the Movie-Capture-Window shows what´s coming from the camera, BUT when shooting in 16:9 mode it shows the vertically streched 4:3 image, just like the viewfinder of the XL1 does.

After the capture, when the clip is moved to the Monitor-Window, the footage is displayed in the correct 16:9 ratio and everythig is fine.

At the moment I am resizing the Movie-Capture-Window during the capture and more or less squeeze the image to its right proportions, so I can see the live footage correctly. This seems like a crude solution to me. Is there any other way to get the Capture-Window to the correct ratio?

Cheers, Peter

Ed Smith · February 15th, 2002, 02:11 PM

Are you using the 16:9 setting in premiere (bit right at the start when the program starts to boot up)?

Seems a bit of dumb question to ask you, but I thought I would.

Hope this helps,

Ed Smith

Peter Koller · February 15th, 2002, 05:59 PM

thanks for the hint Ed,

the problem seems to be the DV300 driver, it occurs only if I use my customized settings of the DV300 on my desktop pc.

But it seems to work fine when I switch to Premiere´s standard PAL 16:9 setting and the IEE1394 device driver. This Pinnacle thing is a mystery to me...

Thanks for the input,
Peter

February 15th, 2002, 01:22 PM	#1
Peter Koller Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Brunn am Gebirge, Austria Posts: 161	Premiere and 16:9 When I am shooting I have my notebook firewired to the XL1 and use it as a controlmonitor. I also record each take on the harddisk for replays, which I find very convenient. I am capturing the footage with Premiere 6.0 and the question is: During the capture the Movie-Capture-Window shows what´s coming from the camera, BUT when shooting in 16:9 mode it shows the vertically streched 4:3 image, just like the viewfinder of the XL1 does. After the capture, when the clip is moved to the Monitor-Window, the footage is displayed in the correct 16:9 ratio and everythig is fine. At the moment I am resizing the Movie-Capture-Window during the capture and more or less squeeze the image to its right proportions, so I can see the live footage correctly. This seems like a crude solution to me. Is there any other way to get the Capture-Window to the correct ratio? Cheers, Peter

February 15th, 2002, 02:11 PM	#2
Ed Smith Wrangler Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hampshire, England Posts: 1,545	Are you using the 16:9 setting in premiere (bit right at the start when the program starts to boot up)? Seems a bit of dumb question to ask you, but I thought I would. Hope this helps, Ed Smith

February 15th, 2002, 05:59 PM	#3
Peter Koller Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Brunn am Gebirge, Austria Posts: 161	thanks for the hint Ed, the problem seems to be the DV300 driver, it occurs only if I use my customized settings of the DV300 on my desktop pc. But it seems to work fine when I switch to Premiere´s standard PAL 16:9 setting and the IEE1394 device driver. This Pinnacle thing is a mystery to me... Thanks for the input, Peter