Hi - please forgive newbie question: when loading a 16:9 HD mpeg movie (1928 x 1080) in the Movie Clip Editor, it is displayed in a 4:3 ratio, i.e squashed horizontally. The mpeg file was created in Adobe Premiere, and displays correctly in Windows Media Viewer (and it’s not anamorphic).
Is there a setting somewhere that I can adjust to get it to display correctly?
Try to adjust the pixel aspect ratio setting in the Camera settings of the MCE. Usually it uses the correct settings though, 1920*1080 with square pixels should load just fine, however for the footage from Hollywoodcameraworks.us for example I have to use a value of 1.5 there.
Yes, you’re right, Sebastian - thanks. It can be fixed in Camera settings or Display settings of the MCE. It needs a value of 1.33, so I’m guessing that either (a)the mpeg has got a value set incorrectly (as 4:3) in a header somewhere, or (b) Blender is making the incorrect assumption that the mpeg is 4:3.
I had not noticed before that 4:3 is 1.3333 wider than 1:1, and 16:9 is 1.3333 wider than 4:3, and Cinemascope is (almost) 1.3333 wider than 16:9. I wonder why?