Bundled ULEAD Movie Factory Problem with Aspect

[Bluetongue]

The bundled Ulead DVD Movie Factory with E5 does not seem to recognise the 16:9 flag on a DV or HQ file in Either 720x576 or 1440x1080 AVI
Sets the video up squashed and there does not seem to be a way of changing
Works OK with MPEG Files
Anyone else run up against this yet or have I missed something
Reards Barry

[GrassValley_KH]

We've seen this here too. It appears that MovieFactory doesn't take kindly to any third-party VfW/DS aspect ratio flags. I believe that MSDV works ok for SD.

For HD, you're better to use an MPEG or AVCHD format (ie. let EDIUS do the encoding work - it'll be faster anyway).

[Bluetongue]

Thanks Kenneally
I was just looking to see if the ULEAD mpeg codec worked any better at downsizing but it does not.
I gave it a full HDV m2t file and the jaggies and zebra were as bad as I have seen elsewhere without VirtualDub etc at SD
Accepted the HD m2t without a murmer and recognized the 16:9 but not from the HQ, anyway the jaggies preclude it from any use at down converting but may come ito use when I decide to go Blueray. Good addition!
Regards Barry

[Jerry]

We've seen this here too. It appears that MovieFactory doesn't take kindly to any third-party VfW/DS aspect ratio flags. I believe that MSDV works ok for SD.

For HD, you're better to use an MPEG or AVCHD format (ie. let EDIUS do the encoding work - it'll be faster anyway).

Many question my use of uncompressed master files. Yes, it takes more space. But, it takes the headaches away and it is recognized in all encoders and NLE's. Something to consider....if you have the drive space. Edius is not the only NLE I use.

[Philip]

We've seen this here too. It appears that MovieFactory doesn't take kindly to any third-party VfW/DS aspect ratio flags. I believe that MSDV works ok for SD.

For HD, you're better to use an MPEG or AVCHD format (ie. let EDIUS do the encoding work - it'll be faster anyway).

So will Movie Factory accept Bluray compliant files and author without re-encoding? Is it better just to feed it an m2t and let it do all the work. Haven't authored anything yet but am wondering what the best workflow would be for bluray. I author SD in a different app.

[Jerry]

So will Movie Factory accept Bluray compliant files and author without re-encoding? Is it better just to feed it an m2t and let it do all the work. Haven't authored anything yet but am wondering what the best workflow would be for bluray. I author SD in a different app.

I bought Ulead DVD Movie Factory 6+ about a year and a half ago.
It will work with files encoded from Procoder without reencoding.
I actually bought it to do HDDVD's. They added blu-ray to it and I only used it a couple of times. It is a little to rudimentary for my final BD deliveries.
If you want a pretty basic look, this will do it. I still use the image burning portion though.