• VEGAS Pro

  Restoring 16:9 format

  Posted by Heber Ball on February 17, 2009 at 9:45 pm

  I’m hoping for an easy cure for a complicated problem.

  I use a Sony DCR-DVD408 camcorder. I have always used a single sided 1.4 GB +RW. I had one double sided, (2.8 GB.) I formatted side one for 16:9 letterbox. I filmed until the disc was full. All other single sided imported to Sony Vegas 8.0 platinum – no problem. The double sided had NO video present. VOB file was 32K. Sony Vegas could import nothing.

  I used an ISO program and searched for hidden/missing files. This returned 3 sfk’s and two large vob’s. The 2 vob’s contained all the footage. I changed the type to mpg and they both show perfect 16:9 in standard video players.
  
  When I load them into Vegas Platinum 8.0 they become 4:3 with elongated image.
  I rendered portions and they remained 4:3. I tried loading with sfk files in same folder and does not seem to work.

  Am I missing something basic in Vegas. Is there an ‘easy’ way to command/alter these two files to letterbox for editing?

  Any help would be appreciated.

  Heber Ball replied 17 years, 6 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
• 2 Replies

• 

  Danny Hays

  February 17, 2009 at 11:42 pm

  Have you tried setting your project settings to NTSC DV Widescreen?
• 

  Heber Ball

  February 18, 2009 at 12:06 am

  Thank you Danny Hays for showing me the simple way! Prior to this problem the images automatically went to widescreen…. I never had to change.

  Many, many thanks for restoring my sanity!

Reply to this Discussion! Login or Sign Up