I purchased new puter to edit video have done my 1st one, I have a ton to learn but making a few vids for boat show.

 

1st edited vid this disc was 20 minutes and i have it down to 10 min cut out alot of non race video 3 race classes total 1 heat per class.

 

Looks good Tony, especially for your first, but how about showing the other 10 minute of the girls in bikini's!!!

Something wrong with the frame size.

 

See how this one fills the screen?

 

Check your original's frame size and see if you can upload at the same.

Something wrong with the frame size.

 

See how this one fills the screen?

 

Check your original's frame size and see if you can upload at the same.

 

it was finished in hd movie..

Doesn't look like that was the case on through to the time you uploaded. This is a good idea of what might have happened.

 

http://support.google.com/youtube/bin/static.py?hl=en&topic=1728588&guide=1728585&page=guide.cs

I will check that but it did not change until i saved it as movie hd, another thing i did was upload a free ripper to load that disc on my hard drive and lost the quality of picture when it ripped.

Bulpup is right - the video was uploaded at a 4:3 resolution (seems to be 640x480). More than likely what happened is the program you're using changed the output size to 4:3 and added the letterbox, so at a first glance it looks like your video is 16:9 but in reality, it's not.

 

Bulpup's link shows what resolutions will maintain the 16:9 ratio, so you should check the output/encoding settings on whatever program you're using and make sure it retains the original video's aspect ratio AND (preferably) the original video's actual dimensions (i.e. if it was recorded in 1280x720, try to ensure to final edited video is also 1280x720)

ok i will check that, i am going to use the camcorder to upload that i use to record the races so i do not lose the resolution it had to be the ripper that changed it..

ok i will check that, i am going to use the camcorder to upload that i use to record the races so i do not lose the resolution it had to be the ripper that changed it..

 

Most likely. What editing software are you using?

`I used freedvdripper to download and windows live to edit.

So your source footage is on a DVD? That is why you needed the DVD ripper correct?

 

The windows movie maker program has settings for 16:9 and 4:3 that need to be set up when starting a new project. That should be set before anything is done.

 

You should take a look at the file DVD ripper gives you and see if it is letterboxed there.

VLC, by the way, is a much better program for handling media. It can be found here;

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

Thanks bulpup..