Hi friends,
I have a few PAL tapes that were recorded from a digital set-top box mid-00's that have been recorded in the wrong aspect ratio (squished horizontally).
Should I fix the AR at the time of capture (in
VirtualDub), or just capture it as-is and then fix it afterwards (when I de-interlace, edit etc). Just seeing what best practice is, which I'm going to guess is cap as-is?
Why they're recorded wrong:
The video coming from the STB was 16:9 (wide) aspect ratio for proper display on the TV, but the VCR doing the recording squished it horizontally into 4:3.
The news broadcast image at the time was 4:3, they just added black bars on the sides to fill the digital widescreen (local studio hadn't upgraded to widescreen yet).
Thanks!