I have some footage from a Sony DSR-500ws, shot in "Wide Screen" mode.  It seems to be NTSC 4:3 with something similar to 16:9 squeezed like an anamorphic film.  There is a "wide screen" ingest setting that resolves it into an HD-like aspect ratio.  What, actually, have I got with this?  When I export thru the Adrenalin HD card, what settings are the most appropriate?  Is this 720?

Richard

It is just plain anamorphic widescreen - meaning 16:9 squeezed in a 4:3 frame. Ingest as normal. If you need to deliver anamorphic widescreen or incorporate with a HD project, right click the Composer window and activate the 16:9 mode. This will unsqueeze the video in Composer window and as well render frames in a 16:9 aspect ratio. Output from Adrenaline BOB will still be anamorphic and requires a 16:9 capable monitor.

 So, to export true HD, I will have to do a conversion.  As it stands now, with the composer window set to 16:9, it looks correct and it reads correctly on our HD monitor.  But it is showing an NTSC waveform.  ?

richsalt:

 So, to export true HD, I will have to do a conversion. 

Yes you will need to upconvert the material via software (transcode in MC) or hardware (like a Teranex Mini).

richsalt:

But it is showing an NTSC waveform.  ?

I do not understand what you mean by this.