4:3 PAL to NTSC Widescreen?

Arthur-LW wrote on 10/19/2012, 5:39 PM

I have an old DVD (2000 Sydney Olympics) that is in standard width and PAL format.  I wish to use Magix Movie Edit Pro to convert it to NTSC and widescreen so I can play it on my (U.S.) equipment.  The DVD is ripped to HD as DVD format (VOBs, et al.), and Magix sees the DVD video files just fine and grouped them into Movie 1.VOB and Movie 2.VOB, which are editable for trimming purposes, so no sweat there. 

As previously stated, I would like to change screen-size formats some.  Is this doable, and if so, does anyone know how to do it?  Sure would appreciate the help.  :-))

In the Burning tab I went to DVD Burning and hit encoder settings.  Under Preset I selected Standard DVD Wide Screen which knocked back my bit-rate settings, but didn't make any difference when I played the DVD pre-burn folder generated by Magix that I saved to a thumb drive and then played on a BD player.  The only thing I didn't do was actuallly burn the production to a disc.  Would this make any difference?  I'm willing to sacrifice a disc, but thought I would check to see if anyone knows about some obscure setting somewhere else that will enable me to make the conversion from 4:3 into widescreen....

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johnebaker wrote on 10/20/2012, 2:36 AM

Hi

You can change the movie settings on the current project - press the E key or select File, Settings, Movie and change them as shown in the image below

You will see black bars left and right - see instructions below if you want true full width display

It is better to set these settings at the start of a project  - make a note of the movie width setting - you may need this later.

Then import your movie files - you will be prompted 'The active movie ....' - click Do not adjust.

This will import the movies and maintain their aspect ratio of 4:3 in a 16:9 with black bars left and right.

Full width display:

If you want the 4:3 movie to be displayed full screen then you will lose some of the top and bottom (cropping) - you do this using the Effects, Movement effects, Size/position option.  Set the width to the project width you noted above and Left to 0 , you can now reposition the clip vertically by entering a value in the Top entry box ( a minus value eg -100 will move the picture up 100 pixels, a positive value eg 50 will move the picture down 50 pixels) as shown in this image

 

Make any other editing adjustments you need.

Export/burning should be straight forward so long as you select the correct ratio menu template and export settings

HTH

John

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Arthur-LW wrote on 10/20/2012, 3:48 PM

Definitely did help.      I appreciate it a lot.

Things went beautifully, though with a glitch or two.  After Effects I had to find Video Object Effects on my version in order to get to Movement Effects, but I eventually found the Size/Position thingy.

Also, in the Size/Position dialog box I found I had to do the zero thing, then uncheck Keep proportions and set the width to 1920 from 1440.  I left the height at 1080 (default).

 

I'm happy with the result.  The doctored video fills the wide screen nicely, and doesn't even look out of proportion- like when people look fat in the face. 

 Nice work, John.  Thanks again.