Resolution mindbogger or: it?s probably just me...

[guytje]

Here we go again ;-)

OK! Mindbogger (it?s probably just me): I've captured some DV material (PAL), edited it in premiere... All ok! The resolution is 720 x 576 pix. Still fine. Now, I export the stream to an avi (uncompressed - or at least, the property window tells me the video compression is DVSD - anyone know what that means?), and the resolution is still 720 x 576. Now I open it in Media player, and the clip plays. No worries here.

Now I encode the clip with cinepak (or midivid ? problem is the same). When I open the properties of the clip, he tells me that the resolution is 720 x 576? BUT when I play the clip in Windows Media Player, it?s a lot bigger (in size, not weight) than the original ? So I tried to export the clip in a smaller resolution (320 x 256), and when I play this one in MP it has more or less the same size as the DV uncompressed original!

I don?t know if I?m being clear here, but I don?t know which resolution I should take, as I don?t have a projector to test my material on! ARG!

Or am I doing the whole thing wrong?

[holly]

Oookay..., There are so many Cleaner settings (and I'm on a Mac..., and you are from the Netherlands..., and avi is a foreign tongue to me...) that what ever I suggest it's bound to be something else, but here are a few things to try:

Check the settings for Display Size. Make sure it is set to "normal" (or "actual"), not "double".

Check your pixel settings again. Make sure they are actual pixels, not percentages or anything like that.

Check the Display Aspect Ratio (should be 4:3?)

Check Numeric Crop.... Check everything slowly. Make small changes to each and every setting until you find it.

Um..., read the manual? If you have the big program, it comes with a huge manual that is very helpful and well written. If you have the small program (came free with Premiere?) I don't know what kind of manual or program differences you may have. This is going to be one of those things you slap your forehead when you find what setting is wrong....

Good luck!

[sleepytom]

see if media player is set to zoom 200% !

use virtual dub to actually check the properties of the clip - it won't lie about its size

[guytje]

... spank you once again!

:)