WMM is stretching my output

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I am making a movie from a group of stills, each of which is 4:3. I chose
the output settings of NTSC and 4:3 aspect ratio. The images look exactly as
they should in the preview pane. However, when I play the movie in WMP the
images are being stretched horizontally – I’m guessing to about 3:2. I have
tried a number of variations, and I have looked back for other responses on
this problem. Nothing has worked so far. This is my first attempt at making
a movie, which will be used at my son’s wedding reception.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.
 
tmmkc said:
I am making a movie from a group of stills, each of which is 4:3. I
chose the output settings of NTSC and 4:3 aspect ratio. The images
look exactly as they should in the preview pane. However, when I
play the movie in WMP the images are being stretched horizontally -
I'm guessing to about 3:2. I have tried a number of variations, and
I have looked back for other responses on this problem. Nothing has
worked so far. This is my first attempt at making a movie, which
will be used at my son's wedding reception.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.
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Just wondering...are you using a widescreen monitor?

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John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://support.microsoft.com/ph/695

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This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

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me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk
 
No. I have a 17 inch 1702FP Dell Ultrasharpâ„¢ Digital Flat Panel Display,
and my graphics card is a 64MB DDR NVIDIA GeForce4 MXâ„¢ Graphics Card with
TV-Out. I have set my resolution to 1280 x 960, a 4:3 aspect ratio. WMP is
squeezing the image down, vertically, and displaying black bars at top and
bottom. I measured the actual image in WMP and it was 13" x 8 7/16", roughly
a 1.54:1 ratio, or very close to 3:2. In one experiment I was using images
that were 1280 x 960 x 24 .jpg's @ 96 dpi for input. Then, I used the same
images but first resized them to 640 x 480 x 24 @ 96, and I got exactly the
same distortion. I had read someone's suggested solution that only 640 x 480
's would not be distorted.

Would it matter if I input images in a file format other than .jpg? other
than 96 dpi?
 
tmmkc said:
No. I have a 17 inch 1702FP Dell UltrasharpT Digital Flat Panel
Display, and my graphics card is a 64MB DDR NVIDIA GeForce4 MXT
Graphics Card with TV-Out. I have set my resolution to 1280 x 960, a
4:3 aspect ratio. WMP is squeezing the image down, vertically, and
displaying black bars at top and bottom. I measured the actual image
in WMP and it was 13" x 8 7/16", roughly a 1.54:1 ratio, or very
close to 3:2. In one experiment I was using images that were 1280 x
960 x 24 .jpg's @ 96 dpi for input. Then, I used the same images but
first resized them to 640 x 480 x 24 @ 96, and I got exactly the same
distortion. I had read someone's suggested solution that only 640 x
480 's would not be distorted.

Would it matter if I input images in a file format other than .jpg?
other than 96 dpi?
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I don't know much about LCD monitors...
I'm an old guy who still prefers a CRT.

Anyway...Searching the Dell site turns up
a user's guide that says the optimal resolution
for the Dell 1702FP is 1280x1024.

Setting the Optimal Resolution: DellT
1702FP Flat Panel Color Monitor User's Guide
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/monitors/1702fp/en/optres.htm

--

John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://support.microsoft.com/ph/695

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk
 
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I don't know much about LCD monitors...
I'm an old guy who still prefers a CRT.

Anyway...Searching the Dell site turns up
a user's guide that says the optimal resolution
for the Dell 1702FP is 1280x1024.

Setting the Optimal Resolution: DellT
1702FP Flat Panel Color Monitor User's Guidehttp://support.dell.com/support/edocs/monitors/1702fp/en/optres.htm

--

John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQshttp://support.microsoft.com/ph/695

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk
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If it is helpful to anyone else, I found the problem. Apparently, I
had never used WMP to view a movie file, or else I would have noticed
this before now. In WMP > Tools > Options > Devices > Display >
Properties > Pixel Aspect Ratio > the setting was .75, represented by
a horizontal ellipse. As soon as I changed the Pixel Aspect Ratio to
1.0, making the diagram a perfect circle, the distortion of the images
in the movie was eliminated. And, once again, life was good!
 
tmmkc said:
If it is helpful to anyone else, I found the problem. Apparently, I
had never used WMP to view a movie file, or else I would have noticed
this before now. In WMP > Tools > Options > Devices > Display >
Properties > Pixel Aspect Ratio > the setting was .75, represented by
a horizontal ellipse. As soon as I changed the Pixel Aspect Ratio to
1.0, making the diagram a perfect circle, the distortion of the images
in the movie was eliminated. And, once again, life was good!
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Excellent!

Thanks for the feedback.

--

John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://support.microsoft.com/ph/695

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk
 
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