DVD questions...

Off topic (not much is going on here anyway, so maybe you all won't
mind a question ... it's sort of related to autographs).

I have had tremendous results with screen captures from store bought
DVD's. No problems. Now, I just taped a documentary on Tivo. I
transfer the Tivo documentary to DVD but when I load the DVD to the
DVD player on my PC and try to use my program (Cyberlink) to make the
screen captures, the images are coming out squashed... in other words.
the images is compacted from horizontal to vertical (making everyone
look long and skinny). Any ideas what would be causing this?

If you load the movie in fullscreen, use your right mousebutton and see if
you got "pan&scan" turned on or off. Further check if you have "keep aspect
ratio" turned on.



"Sue H" wrote in message
...
Off topic (not much is going on here anyway, so maybe you all won't
mind a question ... it's sort of related to autographs).

I have had tremendous results with screen captures from store bought
DVD's. No problems. Now, I just taped a documentary on Tivo. I
transfer the Tivo documentary to DVD but when I load the DVD to the
DVD player on my PC and try to use my program (Cyberlink) to make the
screen captures, the images are coming out squashed... in other words.
the images is compacted from horizontal to vertical (making everyone
look long and skinny). Any ideas what would be causing this?

Thanks; didn't help; was full version... and I don't see a keep aspect
ration ...

On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 05:10:06 +0200, "Marko Senli"
wrote:

If you load the movie in fullscreen, use your right mousebutton and see if
you got "pan&scan" turned on or off. Further check if you have "keep aspect
ratio" turned on.



"Sue H" wrote in message
.. .
Off topic (not much is going on here anyway, so maybe you all won't
mind a question ... it's sort of related to autographs).

I have had tremendous results with screen captures from store bought
DVD's. No problems. Now, I just taped a documentary on Tivo. I
transfer the Tivo documentary to DVD but when I load the DVD to the
DVD player on my PC and try to use my program (Cyberlink) to make the
screen captures, the images are coming out squashed... in other words.
the images is compacted from horizontal to vertical (making everyone
look long and skinny). Any ideas what would be causing this?

The Video is widescreen, but that fact isn't copied in the file. So the
program assumes the ratio is 4:3, when it should be 16:9.
There's probably little you can do about this other than change the size in
a editing program.

"Sue H" schreef in bericht
...
Off topic (not much is going on here anyway, so maybe you all won't
mind a question ... it's sort of related to autographs).

I have had tremendous results with screen captures from store bought
DVD's. No problems. Now, I just taped a documentary on Tivo. I
transfer the Tivo documentary to DVD but when I load the DVD to the
DVD player on my PC and try to use my program (Cyberlink) to make the
screen captures, the images are coming out squashed... in other words.
the images is compacted from horizontal to vertical (making everyone
look long and skinny). Any ideas what would be causing this?

Thanks; I have no clue about that, but It makes sense ... so I'll look
for a program (anyone know one that can do this that's free to
download?).

On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 00:27:57 +0200, "Robert de Ridder"
wrote:

The Video is widescreen, but that fact isn't copied in the file. So the
program assumes the ratio is 4:3, when it should be 16:9.
There's probably little you can do about this other than change the size in
a editing program.

"Sue H" schreef in bericht
.. .
Off topic (not much is going on here anyway, so maybe you all won't
mind a question ... it's sort of related to autographs).

I have had tremendous results with screen captures from store bought
DVD's. No problems. Now, I just taped a documentary on Tivo. I
transfer the Tivo documentary to DVD but when I load the DVD to the
DVD player on my PC and try to use my program (Cyberlink) to make the
screen captures, the images are coming out squashed... in other words.
the images is compacted from horizontal to vertical (making everyone
look long and skinny). Any ideas what would be causing this?

Basically any program that can resize a picture will do. You don't have any
installed?
Just multiply the horizontal resolution by 1.33 and leave the vertical
unchanged and you should get the proper size.

"Sue H" schreef in bericht
...
Thanks; I have no clue about that, but It makes sense ... so I'll look
for a program (anyone know one that can do this that's free to
download?).

On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 00:27:57 +0200, "Robert de Ridder"
wrote:

The Video is widescreen, but that fact isn't copied in the file. So the
program assumes the ratio is 4:3, when it should be 16:9.
There's probably little you can do about this other than change the size
in
a editing program.

"Sue H" schreef in bericht
. ..
Off topic (not much is going on here anyway, so maybe you all won't
mind a question ... it's sort of related to autographs).

I have had tremendous results with screen captures from store bought
DVD's. No problems. Now, I just taped a documentary on Tivo. I
transfer the Tivo documentary to DVD but when I load the DVD to the
DVD player on my PC and try to use my program (Cyberlink) to make the
screen captures, the images are coming out squashed... in other words.
the images is compacted from horizontal to vertical (making everyone
look long and skinny). Any ideas what would be causing this?

Sue are you sure that you did what i said, cause im pretty confident that
you can alter the screensize in PowerDVD. Just startup your movie in
fullscreen, then click on your right mousebutton and you will get a list of
options. You will see a list which says:

- Keep aspect ratio
- CLPV
- pan&scan
- digital zoom

Just play with these settings a bit and i think it'll work out.

ps. this works only if you are in fullscreen mode.





"Robert de Ridder" wrote in message
ll.nl...
Basically any program that can resize a picture will do. You don't have
any installed?
Just multiply the horizontal resolution by 1.33 and leave the vertical
unchanged and you should get the proper size.

"Sue H" schreef in bericht
...
Thanks; I have no clue about that, but It makes sense ... so I'll look
for a program (anyone know one that can do this that's free to
download?).

On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 00:27:57 +0200, "Robert de Ridder"
wrote:

The Video is widescreen, but that fact isn't copied in the file. So the
program assumes the ratio is 4:3, when it should be 16:9.
There's probably little you can do about this other than change the size
in
a editing program.

"Sue H" schreef in bericht
...
Off topic (not much is going on here anyway, so maybe you all won't
mind a question ... it's sort of related to autographs).

I have had tremendous results with screen captures from store bought
DVD's. No problems. Now, I just taped a documentary on Tivo. I
transfer the Tivo documentary to DVD but when I load the DVD to the
DVD player on my PC and try to use my program (Cyberlink) to make the
screen captures, the images are coming out squashed... in other words.
the images is compacted from horizontal to vertical (making everyone
look long and skinny). Any ideas what would be causing this?

Ok, I found the keep ratio aspect and it wasn't checked. I'll record
another one (didn't save my last disk) and see if that helps. Thanks
Marko!

On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 18:50:59 +0200, "Marko Senli"
wrote:

Sue are you sure that you did what i said, cause im pretty confident that
you can alter the screensize in PowerDVD. Just startup your movie in
fullscreen, then click on your right mousebutton and you will get a list of
options. You will see a list which says:

- Keep aspect ratio
- CLPV
- pan&scan
- digital zoom

Just play with these settings a bit and i think it'll work out.

ps. this works only if you are in fullscreen mode.





"Robert de Ridder" wrote in message
all.nl...
Basically any program that can resize a picture will do. You don't have
any installed?
Just multiply the horizontal resolution by 1.33 and leave the vertical
unchanged and you should get the proper size.

"Sue H" schreef in bericht
...
Thanks; I have no clue about that, but It makes sense ... so I'll look
for a program (anyone know one that can do this that's free to
download?).

On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 00:27:57 +0200, "Robert de Ridder"
wrote:

The Video is widescreen, but that fact isn't copied in the file. So the
program assumes the ratio is 4:3, when it should be 16:9.
There's probably little you can do about this other than change the size
in
a editing program.

"Sue H" schreef in bericht
m...
Off topic (not much is going on here anyway, so maybe you all won't
mind a question ... it's sort of related to autographs).

I have had tremendous results with screen captures from store bought
DVD's. No problems. Now, I just taped a documentary on Tivo. I
transfer the Tivo documentary to DVD but when I load the DVD to the
DVD player on my PC and try to use my program (Cyberlink) to make the
screen captures, the images are coming out squashed... in other words.
the images is compacted from horizontal to vertical (making everyone
look long and skinny). Any ideas what would be causing this?