SS WMV quality settings doesn't support "allow nonsquare output"?

[fanbanlo]

WHY SS WMV quality settings doesn't support "allow nonsquare output" like in WMEncoder9? This setting is very useful! So we can capture native NTSC or PAL (non-4:3 square pixel) and still play correctly in computer using WMP!

[jkoon]

Well i’m not very familiar with WMEncoder so maybe I don’t know what im talking about here, but you can select a custom resolution for your WMV recordings so you do not have to use a 4:3 aspect ratio.

[fanbanlo]

Originally posted by jkoon
you can select a custom resolution for your WMV recordings so you do not have to use a 4:3 aspect ratio.

yes, but then when playback, the non-4:3 aspect ratio will not be played correctly. It will have black bars on the sides~

[jkoon]

Maybe I’m not understanding but it plays back properly on my system (no black bars). What kind of tuner card do you have?

[fanbanlo]

Anything other than 320x240 gives me black bars in WMP.
I am capturing PAL, so I would like to be able to cap in 352x288 or 352x576.

[jkoon]

Well if I had to guess I would say that the limitation is not SnapStream, but rather your tuner card. Perhaps it only has a set number of resolutions that it can record at?

Edit: but then again you said that wmencoder does ok? Hmm…

[fanbanlo]

Originally posted by jkoon
Well if I had to guess I would say that the limitation is not SnapStream, but rather your tuner card. Perhaps it only has a set number of resolutions that it can record at?

??? The file itself is fine! The capture is fine!
The black bars are from WMP!