Converting to SD Video from a 4:3 source:

Adapted from the method originally presented by Ajamils

Programs Required: WinAVI Video Converter, Panasonic MovieStage

§ Of all the methods, this is by far the simplest – only one program is involved before MovieStage.

§ After installing WinAVI Video Converter, open up the program, and on the far right centre click à WMV – this will open a Select Files dialog box.

§ Find your source file and click OK.

§ On the next window, click Advanced.

§ Under Encode make sure that all Picture Clips are set to 0, Source Target Rate is 15, and Aspect Ratio is 4:3.

§ Under WMV make sure that the Encoder is WMV# DVD Quality Encoder (the higher the number the better), Picture Size is 320x240, Quality is 90% and Audio Sample Rate is 44100.

§ Then click OK to return to the Any to WMV window.

§ Finally, select your Output Directory as your MovieStage Encoding folder.

§ Click OK to begin the conversion – you can often ignore any boxes which tell you that you’re missing certain codecs – it converts anyway.

§ After it finished close the program.

§ Follow the MovieStage instructions to convert to SD Video.