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March 16, 2021
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Cannot import SD 16x9 video correctily

  • March 16, 2021
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I have some miniDv tapes that I'm dubbing to DVD with a JVC-SRDVM600 professional Deck.  Some of the tapes were recorded in 16x9 SD mode.  Please note, this is not HDDV.  The dvds created form these tapes always play in 16x9 format, and look great.  However when importing from the DVD with Premiere elements 2021, the resulting clips are 4x3, beginning from the upper left of the original format, and cutting off the right sided of the clip.  The clips also have black bars on the sides, which the true 4x3 clips did not.  When setting up the project, I changed the video setting to D1/DV NTSC Widescreen 16x9 preset.  If I right click on the imported clips, the Pixel Aspect Ratio says it is the D1/DV NTSC Widescreen 16x9 Setting.  However, the project and exports play in the 4x3 format described above, with the black bars on the sides.  Any ideas how to resolve this?  VLC has no problem importing and exporting in the correct format.

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Steve Grisetti
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March 16, 2021

If you look under the Edit menu, what is listed on the General page of Project Settings for your video project?

 

You're not using a traditional method for capturing miniDV footage. As I'm sure you know miniDV is best captured over a FireWire connection, a process that does not change the video data in any way. It is the very same video data on your computer as it was on your camcorder tape. Which is why miniDV was at one time the ideal format for home video.

 

But you are converting the video from tape to DVD and then from DVD to digital video data, and that may be confusing the program so that it is not able to automatically match its project specs to your video. If this is the case, manually setting up your project settings will resolve your issue.

 

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March 16, 2021

I gave the wrong description for accessing project settings in my original post.  Attached here are captures of the Edit->Project Settings->General tab, and also a capture of right clicking a clip in Project Assets and selecting properties.

 

The Project settings appear to be correct (D1/DV NTSC Widescreen 16x9).  This is true whether I change the preset manually or if Premier Elements detects the format automatically.  The 540x480 image size reported in the asset properties I don't understand....

 

I understand a direct Ilink import would provide better quality, but I don't have an Ilink adapter card and I suspect most people working on windows do not as well.  The SR-DVM6000 does a fantastic job of dubbing to DVD (DVD-Video format), and I've encountered no other player or NLE that is 'confused' by it.  I don't see any manual settings I can make to resolve the issues.  I have to submit that is a bug with Adobe Premiere Elements 2021.

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Steve Grisetti
Legend
March 16, 2021

What is the resolution of the video you're adding to Premiere Elements? If you right-click on this video clip in Project Assets and select Properties, what does it show for your Image Size, Frame Rate and Pixel Aspect Ratio?

 

I'm just concerned that in going from your digital camcorer to an analog output to digital disc burner to whatever method you used to get the VOB files to your computer, the data lost its original characteristics.

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