Using iMovieHD with Flip MinoHD?
I am going to create a film project for youtube and when I create a new project on iMovieHD, it asks if I want, DV widescreen or HDV 720p. Keep in mind that my Mino shoots in 720p. Which should I choose for the best film quality?
Also, when I plug my Mino to a normal television through its video cables (only outputs normal definition, red, white, yellow) it shows in widescreen, but when attached to a 1080p TV, it takes the whole screen. Is the widescreen on the normal TV the flip camera trying to auto crop to adjust to fill the screen the most without blur? Or does the flip shoot in widescreen and on the HD, the standard output video is stretched and blurred?
Sorry for the confusing question.
And HDV=High def. video I’m guessing.
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If you recorded in DV widescreen, then select DV widesreen. This is standard definition 16:9. If you recorded in HDV 720p (as the Flip MinoHD does for default), then select that.
When you use the AV cables (Yellow video; red right audio; white left audio), this is analog, standard definition. Since high definition video is always – by default – widescreen, you will see the analog version of that on a standard definition TV playback in "letterbox" mode. That is the only way it will fit the video side-to-side. When you play high definition video back on an HDTV, it can fill the screen because it is in high definition format. HDTVs are always "widescreen", 16:9 aspect ratio, width.
You are making this way more complex than it needs to be. There is no cropping or stretching going on.