Aspect Ratio Help

[tehlime.livejournal.com]

I am completely tone deaf when it comes to aspect ratio issues, but my beta has been kind enough to point out that mine are wrong, and after some research I have run out of ideas for how to fix it. I'm using Vegas 9, and when I export my videos, they are all a little bit stretched vertically. My beta discovered you can fix this manually after the fact (once the video has been rendered) in VLC by going to "Video", "Aspect Ratio", and selecting 16:9. Here are two screen caps to demonstrate the difference:

The initial video.

And a shot after I manually set it to 16:9...

I have the project set to NTSC DV Widescreen, and I have the "maintain aspect ratio" switch unchecked. I've tried exporting it as different file types, but none of them seem to help. The pictures above are from when I export it as a .wmv file. Does anyone know why this is happening, and what I can do to fix it? Help!

Comments

[theanonsisters.livejournal.com]

why do you need the maintain aspect ratio unchecked?
what do you have the pixel aspect ratio set to?

I think the link above will probably answer your questions. If the source is anamorphic (is it dvd rip?) & your pixel apect ratio is set to 1.0 it may explain why the wmv is square looking.

I'd also look here (http://www.animemusicvideos.org/guides/avtech/video1.htm#4) formore info.

[tehlime.livejournal.com]

Honestly? I don't. With the project settings set the same as the source material, it doesn't matter, but the aspect ratio switch is the cause of most of Vegas's aspect ratio issues, and I didn't want anyone to waste their time thinking that it was the problem.

...OH! I think that solved it! The pixel was set correctly for the project, but not for the render, which is why it was fine when I was editing it, but not after. I MAY HUG YOU NOW. :D Thank you so much for your help.