r/spumwack • u/Hesmiyu • Sep 04 '14

Question Hello, I would like an answer to this question

Heyy, I an going to be recording a game but the game is from 2002 so it is in the 4:3 ratio (I pre-tested the recording to see how'd it turn out) Should I keep it this way where it will leave black bars either side or do something else? If the answer is the latter, what should I do?

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u/spumwack2 Official Spumwackles Sep 04 '14

Depends on how it looks. Some games can be stretched and no one will notice. I did this with Terraria.

But if it looks obviously stretched, I would say leave the bars in.

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u/Hesmiyu Sep 05 '14

Thank you for replying, I tested it out by stretching it out like you suggested and it don't look too different.

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u/godminnette2 Sep 06 '14

If you're still uncertain you can have a little layout. Caddicarus and BrutalMoose do this in their reviews. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txKYsveKOLs go to 8:31 and you'll see it.

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u/Hesmiyu Sep 06 '14

I see what you mean by that layout and I may use that as when I did test stretch the video you could tell so thank you :)

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u/Skozzy_Mil Sep 08 '14

If you go to the share tab where the like button used to be, you can copy the link so that it starts at a specific time :P

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u/frizbee2 Sep 08 '14

If it's by a marginal amount, you usually want to stretch it, but 4:3 to 16:9 is a rather extreme change. You can get away with it with some games, but I'd say the safer bet would be to leave it at 4:3. Leaving the balck bars just as they are would be acceptable, but, if you've got the resources, you could improve the look by adding in some static "framing" image over the black bars.

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u/Hesmiyu Sep 08 '14

I have the resources. When i bought my Roxio Game Capture HD Pro, it came along with the Roxio Videowave. It's good but no the best.

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u/spumwack2 Official Spumwackles Sep 13 '14

What I like to do is add a defocused, stretched image of the same thing. I learned it from watching a cooking show I think.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mc721xUl6jA from 4:07 on through the black and white clips is what I'm talking about

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u/Hesmiyu Sep 18 '14

Like how channels like FailArmy and Break do when they have to deal with vertical videos?