Excess space capturing 4x3 video

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pinnacle-project

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This is my first time using OBS so please excuse me if my problem has an obvious answer.

I am trying to capture an old wedding video from a VCR. No matter what I have tried with the settings, the resulting file I create on my computer has excess black space on the right side of the captured video (see screenshot below). I assume this is due to a problem with the aspect ratio but I have not yet been able to fix it. Both my base and canvas are currently set at 1280x720 but I have tried other settings without success.

Here is my log file:

Thanks in advance for your help.

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1280x720 is a 16:9 aspect ratio.
Try 1280x960 (which is 4:3), or better-yet just right-click the capture source and use 'Resize Output (Source Size)'.
 
cyclemat said:
@FerretBomb mmmmmmmmmmh when you fix the source to the screen all persons are Fat ;) beter is set the video source in the middle so ist look good on new 16:9 TVs and monitors or overscan it make the picture bigger than is it !
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When you're capturing from a 4:3 source to digital video (as pinnacle-project seems to be), NOT streaming to a forced 16:9 player, maintaining the original format is preferable unless you absolutely NEED to convert it to another AR. Most video players will intelligently center and columnbox 4:3 content being played back fullscreen on a 16:9 monitor without aspect-stretching. There's no need to 'bake in' columnboxes, or even worse to crop off part of the source video to make it fit the current display standard.
Heck, I do this when capturing stock footage from classic 4:3 game consoles, as it makes editing much easier and keeps the quality as high as possible, as far down the production pipeline as possible.
 
so does OBS capture a 4 x 3 aspect as just that, sources are PAL 25 fps 720 x 576 (typical Australia off-air VHS)?
 
megazeti said:
so does OBS capture a 4 x 3 aspect as just that, sources are PAL 25 fps 720 x 576 (typical Australia off-air VHS)?
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You can set OBS to do so by setting the Canvas to whatever resolution you like. Beyond that it comes down to what resolutions your capture device supports.
 
I've got a average tape Magix MEP didn't capture frames it doesn't like but OBS easily did it so I thought maybe the highest input and output 1920 x 1080, Wondershare to crop it (to the resolution mentioned) to insert into MEP for DVD?
 
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