advc 300 wotn do WS

[mathewlisett]

ok, all buttons on the back are set to accept both.

yet every signle bit of software i have tried and use, simply wont allow anything but what it wants ie it will not let you select anything from 4:3 to 16:9.

all other options are fadded out and i have no idea how to sort this out as i have said all tabs are set to take 16:9 but it always captures at 4:3

[THoff]

How are the DIP switches on the bottom set? Are you aware that 16:9 and 4:3 both record at the same resolution (720x576 for PAL) but different pixel aspect ratios?

[kbosward]

Yes, that is correct, the ADVC300 always sets the internal flag of the captured DV file to indicate it is 4:3. It does this because it can't tell whether the analog signal is 4:3 or 16:9. What you must do in your video editor is tell the editor that the captured DV file is really 16:9. The editor should allow you to do this.

Ken.

[THoff]

Though I've never captured analog 16:9 material (it's all many years old and thus 4:3), I think the ADVC-300 can capture 16:9 by setting the DIP switches on the bottom accordingly. If you set switches 2.4 and 2.5 to the ON position, I would expect a 16:9 signal to record as 16:9:

[GrassValley_KH]

Where "16:9" here means "anamorphic" - you tell your NLE to do the 16:9 flagging.

[kbosward]

Sorry, but that aspect ratio selection is only for the external monitor (D1 output). It has no effect on what you capture.

From the manual:

No.4 Aspect Ratio Enable setting

Allows you to enable the aspect ratio setting (No.5 Aspect Ratio
Select). If set to [OFF: Disable], the aspect ratio of “4:3” is used for
D1 output.

OFF: Disable ON: Enable

No.5 Aspect Ratio Select setting

Allows you to select the aspect ratio for D1 output.

OFF: 4:3 LetterBox ON: 16:9

Ken.

[GrassValley_BH]

Ken is correct. That switch only affects the output.

[mathewlisett]

so basically, the aspect ratio only applies to output vieiwing, so therfore i will always capture at 4:3

plus, why is it on every software ive used its never given me an option to what to encode with , what audio to use etc. it will show these options, but they will never be active

[GrassValley_BH]

Correct, you're always capturing 4:3 DV.

Your software won't give you encoding options because it's not doing any encoding. The ADVC is encoding the video to a compressed DV format stream, and the capture software is simply copying that stream to the hard drive, just like copying a file from one place to another.