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Posted by Ty Ford on 01/20/06 15:59
On Tue, 17 Jan 2006 01:32:59 -0500, Bill Lee wrote
(in article
<billTakeThisOutlee+usenet-
8C74C2.17325917012006@eth00.pnews.internode.on.net>):
> In article <Ztydnb7KCeXg0VHeRVn-rg@comcast.com>,
> Ty Ford <tyreeford@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> Pardon my novice status. I'm doing a quick edit in FCP for a project that
>> came in as 16:9 DVD. The aspect ratio is fine on the timeline, but when I
>> try
>> to export it and play it in Quicktime, the aspect ratio is off and I get a
>> vertical squishing?
>
> The simplest (timewise) solution is to open the video in QuickTime
> Player Pro[1] and select Window>Show Movie Properties. Select the video
> track and click on the Visual Settings button in the middle of the
> window. Set the scaled size to be anything you want (it will depend on
> if you are using the native NTSC DV resolution of 720 x 480). Save.
>
> That's the simple answer.
>
> The longer and more complex answer depends on what you are doing with
> the video: is it for the Web, DVD, or to be written back to tape? If you
> are saving it as a QuickTime file for later processing, have you picked
> the appropriate file format to minimise re-encoding artifacts? If you
> plan to be watching it straight off the computer, you may need to turn
> on the high-quality flag in the same window as the scaled size
> adjustments.
>
> Was the video captured as 4:3 letterboxed video (i.e. black bars top and
> bottom to fill out the frame in FCP)? If so, then the video may not have
> been flagged as anamorphic 16:9 video on output which is why QuickTime
> is not treating it as anamorphic (I can't remember if FCP->QT export
> does the right thing anyway...). Check to make sure that the Anamorphic
> flag is checked in the sequence properties (Browser or Cmd-9).
>
> (OK, I just checked) FCP doesn't seem to be setting the output file as
> 16:9 anamorphic for NTSC at least. Set the right size in QT Play Pro is
> the fastest fix.
>
> Bill Lee
Bill,
Thanks so much for your time and thoughts on this. When I got back to the guy
who sent me the DVD and MiniDV tape, he suggested I use the tape instead.
Same problem. Your "fix" (and the $29.95 I spent to upgrade Quicktime seem to
have done the job.
Please let me know if you ever need any audio advice. That's my strong suit.
Regards,
Ty Ford
-- Ty Ford's equipment reviews, audio samples, rates and other audiocentric
stuff are at www.tyford.com
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