• Avid Media Composer

  Betacam SP not showing 16:9

  Posted by Adam Speas on August 1, 2009 at 12:36 am

  I’m working an old Avid Meridian v 10.5 and right now I’m looking through old stock footage to add to our movie. The 35mm footage was laid to Betacam SP. I am using a Sony UVX-1800 deck to digitize the clips into the Avid. The Problem is that I know this footage was shot in 16:9, but I don’t know why the footage appear to be 4:3 in the monitor and when I digitize it. I’ve looked all through the Sony UVW-1800 manual and it doesn’t even say a word about aspect ratios and having the ability to crop it. I was wondering if this is an issue in the Avid and how it may possibly be fixed to the footage will match the 16:9 HDcam footage I already have in the system.

  Thanks,
  Adam

  Adam Speas replied 17 years, 1 month ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Jon Zanone

  August 1, 2009 at 3:14 pm

  Just switch your avid monitors to 16:9 (I forget where it is in the Meridian system – I think it’s in one of the settings). BetaSP is a 4:3 format. Your footage is still 16:9, you just need to ‘stretch’ it. See what I mean by turning your client monitor to widescreen – it will look right…

  Anamorphic? Is that the word?

  Jon

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  Adam Speas

  August 6, 2009 at 12:08 am

  Thank you for the help. I haven’t used Betacam Sp before and didn’t know it was a 4:3 format.

  Thanks,
  Adam

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