Converted a VCR tape, everything is wide

[w8bbx]

I revised the title and documentation. Many folks viewed the other title, but no one responded.

I have a VCR tape, that I have been converting, but all the people look fat. I notice that old TV programs are pillar boxed. Can I get OBS to pillar box the output?

Maybe pillar boxing isn't what I need, but that is what old TV programs do to be seen on digital TV, without everything being shortened and widened.

TV resolution was 4:3 until digital TV , now it 16:9.

How do I get to get the people, cars, houses to be viewed, as they were when the VCR tape was made?

Maybe that is not possible?

I will appreciate detail, because I can barely get around OBS. Copying is what I do the best.

John

 

[koala]

Set your canvas and output resolution to the same resolution as your capture device. Everything should be the same resolution and with 4:3 aspect ratio. Then right-click your capture device->Transform->Reset transform. This will revert your capture source to the original aspect ratio from the capture device.
This way your video will be a 4:3 aspect ratio video, and media players will add pillar boxes dynamically as necessary at playback time. Don't include pillar boxes in the video. This will waste space and thwart the ability of media players to adapt to monitor resolutions and aspect ratios.

It seems, previously you set your canvas resolution to some 16:9 aspect ratio resolution and stretched your capture source to screen.

 

[w8bbx]

koala,

THANK YOU!

my Properties shows it as 1920x1200
I have include a copy of my video settings'
What should they be?
This is a 30 year old tape, should something be 480?

 

[koala]

Right-click your capture device source->Transform->Reset transform to reset any modifications you made with the sizing. The source will probably now be a small window located in the top left corner of your preview.
Then Right-click your capture device source->Transform->Edit transform and look at the size. This is the resolution the capture device is currently capturing. Copy this size to both Base and Output resolution in Settings->Video. Now the source will occupy the whole canvas without rescaling.

 

[w8bbx]

koala,
Thank you again.

I had changed my output to 640x480 for 4:3. That made the difference.

I don't know why OBS does not have it listed.
It took me several tries, before I became aware that I could type the resolution.

I tried the Right-click on the capture device, but changing the output to 640 had corrected it. But you did lead me to Transform (also in View), where I set the Bounding Box Type to Scale to inner bounds. It was set to Maximum bounds. The red line was outside of the video, on the bottom.

Copies of what I have done,

 

[w8bbx]

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