How to use format 4:3 instead of 16:9 when digitizing?

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bengtfalke

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Sorry for this stupid question but I think I have looked everywhere for the solution....
I am using OBS at the moment for digitizing old Hi8 videos... and they get distorted as the original format is 4:3 and OBS use 16:9 as the default. I hope somebody can hint me to where I change this settings? Thank you in advance
Regards/ Bengt
 
carlmmii

carlmmii

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Right click on the source -> Transform -> Edit Transform... and you can enter in the resolution manually to force 4:3. You will probably want to adjust your canvas size to match as well.
 
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bengtfalke

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Thank you so much for your quick reply! Are there any other settings you would suggest that I change for digitizing Hi8-videos? I use a SCART - HDMI converter (with selecteble 1080p/720p) connected to a HDMI Video Capture box. Framerate? 1080/720p? Something else?
Thank you in advance!
Regards/ Bengt
 
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bengtfalke

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carlmmii said:
Right click on the source -> Transform -> Edit Transform... and you can enter in the resolution manually to force 4:3. You will probably want to adjust your canvas size to match as well.
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Can you please suggest what settings I should use there instead of 1920:1080?
 
carlmmii

carlmmii

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Tough questions... PAL or NTSC?

If PAL, you shouldn't have to worry about interlacing, so you can honestly use either resolution. If NTSC, you have to worry about interlacing artifacts.

Ideally, you would want to capture in the native vertical resolution of your source (480 for NTSC, 576 for PAL), especially if you have interlacing in the source. If that's not possible, then you'll want to have it scale to the higher resolution and work from there.

So, depending on what your scenario is, here are the resolutions you're looking at for 4:3
  • 640x480
  • 768x576
  • 960x720
  • 1440x1080
 
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lsolesbee

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i tried the Transform route and that did not get me what i wanted...
in my case, i had old VHS footage I was trying to capture, which was 4:3 aspect ratio but the default OBS workspace is 16:9, so capturing that gives ugly black space in resulting video... after googling and watching a number of youtubers and reading discussions like this one, i finally found someone with a different solution...
in SETTINGS, click video on the left, at top, select Base Resolution... on the pull-down, i only saw resolutions that were ALL 16:9... it was after many youtubes, i finally GOT-IT...you can type in whatever resolution you want...i typed in 960x720...and YIPEE! that gave me 4:3,,,do the same for Output Resolution also.
 
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Aspect 4:3

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lsolesbee said:
i tried the Transform route and that did not get me what i wanted...
in my case, i had old VHS footage I was trying to capture, which was 4:3 aspect ratio but the default OBS workspace is 16:9, so capturing that gives ugly black space in resulting video... after googling and watching a number of youtubers and reading discussions like this one, i finally found someone with a different solution...
in SETTINGS, click video on the left, at top, select Base Resolution... on the pull-down, i only saw resolutions that were ALL 16:9... it was after many youtubes, i finally GOT-IT...you can type in whatever resolution you want...i typed in 960x720...and YIPEE! that gave me 4:3,,,do the same for Output Resolution also.
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Many thanks! It would be good if OBS Studio gave an option of 4:3 apect ratio on the dropdown. I am uploading PAL S-VHS. I tried entering the PAL resolution which is 720 x 576 but this gave an aspect ratio of 5:4. PAL S-VHS appears from research to have a resolution of 625 x 576 which also doesn't give a 4:3 ratio. I will try uploading 720 x 540. Is it best to set the output for the same? as I will be uploading to Powerdirector for editing.
 
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AaronD

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Does the "standard resolution" include the unused (blanked) lines? Or just the visible ones? You might have 576 lines on paper, but if only 480 of them are meant to be visible, and the rest are either unused or used for other purposes than the actual video......

Closed Captioning, for example, puts digital data on one of the display lines that is supposed to be out of frame. If the TV is out of adjustment, that might appear as a thin horizontal line of dancing black and white at the top of the screen. I don't think you want to capture that intentionally as video.

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