16:9 Wide / True 16:9

[cxt32]

I have a Sony DCR-DVD200E camcorder which has a '16:9 wide' mode. But when I look at the video on the pc dvd software it says it is in 4:3 format.

What is the difference between 16:9 wide and true 16:9 widescreen, if any?

Thanks

[dejongj]

There seems to be an issue with the way the MPG files are made from the Sony Camera's...I've got the DCR-DVD803e and it creates proper widescreen files, but unfortunately they are flagged as 4:3 so it all looks a bit squashed until it gets corrected either through my TV zoom setting, or by editing the MPEG header to set the flag to PAL 16:9....

Hope this helps....There is detailed instructions on the camcorderinfo website in the Sony DVD forum on how to correct the MPEG header....

[cxt32]

Thanks for replying. can you please direct me to the instructions. I've checked the site but can't seem to find them!

[jomike]

http://www.camcorderinfo.com/bbs/f139

Check out the sticky on editing.
BTW, if you use Ulead VS 10 it will import 16:9 correctly. If you use Womble, you can open the file, save it as 16:9, then re-open and edit. Else the fix12c utility works as well.