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  Betacam SP 16:9 ??

  Posted by Mark Greenberg on December 4, 2013 at 9:54 pm

  I have a Sony beta sp tape that is labeled 16:9 letterboxed. when I ingest/encode the content as a 16:9 digital file it is stretched horizontally when viewed in after effects or various media players. When I encode the content as 4:3 it appears to be correct. Does Beta SP decks only output at 4:3 leaving me to re-size/scale in my software?

  Mark Greenberg replied 12 years, 7 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Mark Spano

  January 6, 2014 at 6:26 pm

  Beta SP is a 4×3 format. If the tape is labeled 16×9 letterboxed, this is a misnomer. It is likely that this tape was made from a 16×9 source, and if it is letterboxed, it should have been labeled 4×3 letterbox, or just ‘letterbox’ to avoid confusion and redundancy. To your question, yes, Beta SP only outputs as 4×3, so either a hardware upconvert or a software resize would be your next best option.
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  Mark Greenberg

  January 6, 2014 at 11:52 pm

  Mark,

  That’s what I thought. Thank you for the confirmation! Much appreciated.

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