May 15, 2005

Sony DVD Handycam Aspect Ratio

Don’t you like widescreen DVD movies?

I bought a Sony DVD Handycam, a DCR-DVD101E, but the problem is that for some strange reason the information in the mpg files from the Sony DVD cams says 4:3, even if its recorded in 16:9…

After searching on the internet I found information about the mpeg headers and a way to tell every mpeg player/editor that its is 16:9 and not 4:3.

I use a hex editor download here:

Freeware Hex Editor xvi32

And use this script for the editor to change the header(s) in the mpg file:

ADR 0
REPLACEALL 00 01 B3 2C 02 40 23 BY 00 01 B3 2C 02 40 33
EXIT

You have to save this script as a XSC file, load and execute it, and save the mpg file.

Unfortunately the hex editor has a limitation on memory it can use, so it works only for relatively small files, I suppose it is limited by the amount of memory your PC can handle for this program.

If there is a better way to do this, let me know, Imagemixer just assumes 4:3 all the time…

Ah, the new Sony DVD-403 is there, image quality is much better then my 101, oh boy, there we go again….

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