Video Black Bars

Hi,
Can anyone tell if it is possible to change the aspect ratio in quicktime pro so videos dont have black bars when i play on my ipod?
Thanks

actually that can be done on the ipod. go to the video menu and then to video settings. Just turn widescreen off. now movies will play full screen now on the ipod.

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Rendered video looks differnt than project video black bars in the man viewing area?

rendered video looks differnt than project video black bars in the man viewing area?

When you say "rendered," do you mean hitting the Enter/Return key to produce Rendered files, for smoothest playback, or do you mean once you Export/Share/Publish the Timeline to an output file, the black bars show up?
What version of PrE are you using?
Also, can you give us information on the Video Clips in your Project, such as the camcorder that they came from, the CODEC used, and their Frame Size?
Next, what Project Preset did you choose at New Project?
If you did mean after you have output the Timeline to a file, what were the specs. that you chose for that output file?
Black bars in the output file, or on the Timeline, indicate a mis-match somewhere in the process.
Good luck,
Hunt

Mini-DVI to s-video: black bar on left side

Hi,
When outputting video through "the mini-DVI to s-video adapter" i have a black bar on the left side of my television.
It seems like the 1024*768 resolution is not able to completely fit the 4:3 area of my television (the image is to small).
any ideas?
thanks!

I'm absolutely sure everything is displaying and that the image is not deformed in any way.
So my conclusion is that the image is just smaller (in every dimension) than it should be and than it was before.
I will try a lower resolution later today.
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I get every time after rendering four black bars around the video, I would like to fix this because it is not really professional.

sorry for my poor english, I have a problem with adobe premiere elements 12 when I render I get a video black bars on all sides of the screen, which makes the video smaller. How do I fix this?

Bram Bakker
Are you OK with translating the language English to Dutch? Have you been using the Translate button at the bottom right of the posts to translate what is written in English to Nederlands (Dutch)? Is the major problem that you cannot find the locations that I point to in Premiere Elements?
1. What are the properties of the video that you are putting on the Timeline? The quick way to find this
information is knowing brand/model/settings of the camera that recorded the video on the Timeline.
From this question I am trying to find out what the properties are for your video - video compression, audio compression, frame size, interlaced or progressive, file extension, pixel aspect ratio. I was hoping that you could tell me the brand/model/settings of the camera recording the video so that I could find the information myself.
2. What are you setting (manually) or the project (automatically) as the project preset that will match
the properties of the video that you are importing? If you do not know, then tell us what you see under
Edit Menu/Project Settings/General and the readouts for Editing Mode, Timebase, Frame Size, and Pixel
Aspect Ratio, even if the fields look grayed out.
Besides knowing the properties of your video, it is just as important to know the project settings. Are you setting them yourself or just dragging the video to the Timeline and letting the project set the project preset automatically? If you are doing nothing, then the answer is that the project is doing the setting automatically.
Either way, you can find out what is being set by going to Edit Menu/Project Settings/General and looking for the reading that you see in the following screenshot.
3. The next big question is "What do you mean by rendering?"
Do you see these black borders after you render the Timeline content in the Edit area to get the best
possible preview of what you are seeing in the Edit area monitor?
or
Do you see these black borders after you go to Publish+Share/ and export the Timeline video?
If your "rendering" refers to the export of the Timeline, please tell us Publish+Share/and then what?
This question 3 should not need a screenshot. The question is where are you seeing the black border in your video.
a. When you are in the Edit Area of the program and you press the Enter key of the computer main keyboard or the Render
button above the Timeline.
or
b. After you have exported your Timeline using Publish+Share/ and one of the export paths.
Please see if any of the above helps. If it does not, then let us try this. In Dutch if you want, describe in your own words
what you are doing in much more detail and post screenshots of the areas involved on your Premiere Elements 12.
Then I will deal with interpreting what you wrote.
We want you to succeed. So whatever way works, that is the way to go.
The answers are in the details.
Thank you.
ATR

When I render my video I get a black bar on the left side of the screen

I just upgraded to FCS 2 and so far it's been a complete waste of money. I'm having nothing but problems with FCP, Compressor, and QMaster. I will just post my FCP problem here.
I've edited a weekly video podcast and everything looks great, until I render it and export it. When I render it, I get a constant, solid black bar on the far left of the video that takes up about 5% of the screen. My layers are definitely sized correctly to fill up the entire canvas, and they are all centered. I cannot figure out why I am getting this black bar or how to get rid of it without ditching the upgrade and going back to FCP5.1.
I have already tried completely uninstalling the FCS suite and reinstalling. No luck. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.

Thanks for the reply.
My original source material is in Apple Intermediate Codec, with 32-bit float audio and a variable frame rate. This has not been friendly to FCP, so I use Quicktime to convert it to Apple ProRes with 24-bit audio and 29.97 frame rate. This is what I import into FCP.
My sequence settings are set to the same specs as my source material. 854x480, square pixels, no field dominance, Apple ProRes compression.
The black bar on the left side of the screen shows up before I even export. It shows up when I render everything.
I am exporting with Quicktime Conversion to:
MP4
h.264 codec
720x405
1000 video bit rate
Main Profile
No cropping/filters or anything.
The ONLY thing I did different before upgrading to FCP6 was that I used Apple Intermediate Codec all the way through. I was told by an FCP instructor that writes and publishes all kinds of FCP training material that I should upgrade to FCP6 and use the Apple ProRes422 Codec instead, so that's what I'm trying to do.
I am going back to restart my project using Apple Intermediate Codec all the way through like I used to, but it will be awhile before I can tell if that solved the problem. Either way, I would like to be using the ProRes codec....
Thoughts?

Black bars alongside video+squished aspect ratio on export

I'm trying to get my import/export settings right--I keep getting black bars and a squished or stretched image when my videos export. Since Elements doesn't read MOD I've been using miro to convert, which doesn't like to export to mp4 all that well to begin with (which furthers my diagnosis problems.) I don't know anything about video image->pixel size (nor can I find anything online that makes sense to me) and canon's website doesn't tell me what my camera is shooting in in those terms, but I've been using the widescreen format--what is that size?? I'm not sure if this problem is because of defaulting project settings on import (Elements not picking up on the proper format and defaulting to something else), an exporting problem (I've tried all the different settings under publish+share>computer>mpeg4 and quicktime>NTSC DVD standard and widescreen, as well as every other export option I can think of), or a conversion problem (why doesn't Elements accept MOD to begin with? Final Cut 7 does no problem!) Everything looks good in the editing process, plays fine etc.
Is this a simple fix? The videos play fine in quicktime, but VLC catches the bars, which makes me think it's a simple solution to a complex diagnosis. Please help, thanks.
CAMERA:
canon FS200
MOD file format (raw file image/pixel size is not shown, can't find it)
mac OS.10.8.3
Elements 11.0
Miro converter 3.0

stockdizzle66
Thanks for the update.
Let us look into the following next, one problem down (the aspect ratio), next the quality of playback of your Timeline as seen in the Edit Mode Monitor.
1. Given that you are working with .mod widescreen 16:9.
a. Open a new Premiere Elements 11 Mac project. Go to File Menu/New/Project and set the project preset yourself in the new project dialog. You want NTSC DV Widescreen. Make sure that you have a check mark next to "Force Selected Project Setting on this Project" before you exit the new project dialog.
b. Once back in the Premiere Elements workspace, go to Add Media/Files and Folders and import your mod.widescreen into Project Assets.
c. Right click the .mod widescreen file in Project Assets, select Interpret Footage, and, in the Interpret Footage dialog, dot the Conform to: and set that to DV/DV NTSC Widescreen 16:9 (1.2121).
d. Drag your .mod widescreen to the Timeline from Project Assets. Do you see no colored line over the content, an orange line, or a green line? If an orange line, render the Timeline with the Render button or pressing the Enter Key of the computer main keyboard. Is the .mod widescreen now display the same, worse, or better than before we started all this?
Also, right click the monitor, select Playback Quality, and see if there is any difference in what you are seeing if you use Highest instead of Automatic as the set. Also check to see if Magnification there is "Fit" rather than other.
Is your video card driver up to date according to the web site of the manufacturer of the video card?
Please review the above and let us know the outcome.
Thanks.
ATR
Although conversion .mod widescreen to another format is always a consideration, it has not been found to be necessary in essentially most cases. Classically, if an import problem with this type of file, the renaming of the .mod file extension to .mpg prior to import took care that while Interpret Footage took care of the aspect ratio issue.
I just saw your note about MPEG Streamclip. That works great for Windows for conversion to DV AVI. Never tried it for a .mov export for Mac. But remember there is an option for 4:3 or 16:9 in that dialog (or there should be...I will take a look if you do not find it). So no distortion expected since MPEG Streamclip should be supplying that problematic 16:9 flag.

Black Bars With 16/9 JPEG's and AVCHD in Video

I have Final Cut Express 4.0.1 and trying to use AVCHD video from my Sony NEX-5C camera along with JPEG pictures shot in 16/9 from the same camera. After importing everything I wound up with black bars above and belowin the viewer on everything and can't rid of them. I made a test video with one16/9 still picture and tried various settings before importing the picture, but still couldn't get rid of the bars. Also, I can't find a combination of exportsettings that eliminate the problem. I have tried exporting to a standard DVDusing Apple's "16:9 workflow for IDVD".
Any suggestions on how to make this work?

Thanks for prompt reply. I use FCE occasionally, so I am not 100% sure that I am answering your questions properly.
I checked the properties on one of the JPEG's and don't see "Format" listed. However, it is shown as 2390 x 1369 and the Pixel Aspect is "Square".
One of the video clips is shown as 1920 x 1080 @ 29.97fps. Pixel Aspect is "Square" and the Compressor is" Apple Intermediate Codec".
The Sequence shows 720 x 480 Frame Size @ 29.97fps; Compressor is DV/DVCPRO-NTSC and the Pixel Aspect is NTSC-CCIR 601.
The Sequence Aspect Ratio is wrong, but I don't know how to change it.
Thanks,
Brian
PS: I checked the Sequence Preset and it is now on Apple Intermediate Codec 1920 x 1080/60.

Embedding youtube video in flash with as2 - problem with black bars

I have successfully embedded the youtube video in my flash code with:
//create area to put youtube video on screen
this.createEmptyMovieClip("reason1_video", 10000);
reason1_video._xscale = 60;
reason1_video._yscale = 60;
this.reason1_video.loadMovie("http://www.youtube.com/v/PUt7Kw9Q_Qc?hd=1");
However, the video plays with black bars on top and bottom even though it plays without those directly from youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/parallelic#p/c/258EA3637F3467BD/7/PUt7Kw9Q_Qc
Even if I take off the scaling, it still has the black bars. How do I get rid of them?

So basicly your putting a video in to your flash project

Why does interlaced video have vertical black bars?

Despite looking all over the internet and asking video editors I know, I've never yet found a satisfactory answer to this question:
When I bring DV PAL footage into my Mac, why are there always very thin black vertical bars on each side? And why is the image being squeezed slightly?
I think it may have something to do with interlacing.
If you look at my screenshot here.
You can see that the top image (QuickTime 7 Player) exhibits the issue I'm talking about (the prescene of combing on the man shows this is interlaced).
But the black bars have disappeared in the bottom image (QuickTIme Player X) - and you can see that it looks slightly horizontally stretched by comparison. I'm guessing this is something to do with the fact that QuickTime Player X DE-interlaces video.
The question remains though... what is it about interlacing that introduces black bars and an incorrect aspect ratio??

If you are ripping "standard" format content (4x3 ratio) then it will just appear like that on a widescreen TV. You shouldn't have that problem if you're ripping widescreen content (16x9 ratio).

Black bars around my youtube video - 16:9 issue?

final cut 10.0.5
Rookie here, I have created a FCut video using video shot on my Canon Gl-2, and exported it to put it on youtube.
I simply use the Export Media window and choose default setting to go to quicktime.
Problem is that the youtube video has the black bars around the entire video.
How can I export this thing to youtube and get my face full screen?
I know it has something to do with the format 4:3, 16:9, etc. But can't find any settings for this and the Help menu *****.
Here is the youtube video with black bars:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVvMfL-olKM
THANKS, Pros!

The GL-2 shot 4:3. YT displays everything within a 16:9 frame. If you had shot one of the 16:9 resolutions, it would have filled the frame.
If you want to have FCP automatically fill the frame, in the Inspector>Video, choose Fill for Spatial Conform. The image will be zoomed. After you do that, check the framing to see whether it's acceptable.
Many (maybe most) people disagree with this, but I personally prefer the bars because it maintains the integrity of the original framing,
BTW, why are you on 10.0.5? Many serious improvements since.
Russ

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How can I correct this without starting over? Here is what I am talking about:
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Answer found here: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=7734136&#7734136
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I have a .wmv file. According to the properties it is 720x480. The video is rectangle, not square... So I'm assuming it is technically widescreen. I brought it into premiere cs4 to auto color it. I'm exporting it with media encoder and this video has black bars. Is there a way to get rid of them? It seems when I play the file on my PC before doing anything in premiere, they are at the top and bottom. Right now I am exporting it and in the little preview box they seem to be on the top, bottom and slightly wider ones on both sides. Not sure how those got put in the mix. Can I get rid of all black bars? I'm guessing the camcorder puts them there at the top and bottom, so how would i know what the height and width of the video would be without them anyway? I'm confused...
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Black bars on youtube videos coming from adobe premiere elements 10?

Every single video that I have edited on this programme, once saved, has come up on youtube with the black bars either side of it. I've tried to fix it but havent been able to. I believe its something to do with the setting that I saved it as but I'm not sure which setting to pick to get the right ratio for the youtube screen. Any gelp Would be most appreciated.

Coolbeans
We will need more information to look for the cause of the issue that you are describing.
1. On what computer operating system is your Premiere Elements 10 running? And, what is the video card that the computer uses?
2. What are the properties of the video that you are using when this issue occurs? I am looking for video and audio compression, frame size, frame rate, interlaced or progressive, file extension, pixel aspect ratio.
3. What are you setting as the project preset for this project? The project preset should match the properties of your source video.
4. How are you uploading your Timeline content to YouTube....
a. Are you exporting your Timeline content to a file saved to the computer hard drive and then uploading that file to YouTube at the YouTube web site? If so, please give all the export settings including any customization of the export settings under the Advanced Button of the preset selected.
or
b. Are you using the program feature Share/Computer/Online/YouTube? If so, what preset are you selecting for this upload?
Please review, supply the requested information, and then we will move forward from there.
Thank you.
ATR

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