quicktime 16X9 question at DVinfo.net

Michael Gibbons · September 15th, 2005, 11:20 PM

Hey everyone,
I'm trying to save sequence as a full quality .mov. I am using the quick time conversion in FCP4.5. My video is in 16X9 but the quicktime movies are stretched into 4:3 when I play them back. Any idea how to fix this?
Thanks

Tomas Chinchilla · September 16th, 2005, 05:59 AM

Be a little more specific:

1) Are you exporting from iMovie or FCP?

2) If exporting from iMovie, which is the only place I recall having "Export as full quality" that will export as DV, you would want to choose expert settings and then choose MOV.

3) In MOV go to the settings/options "Bare with me as I do not have my machine in front of me" and change the encoder to AIC "Apple Intermediate Codec".

Dave Perry · September 16th, 2005, 06:11 AM

File>Export>Using QT Conversion.

Then under options you need to manually set your codec. I assume you are working in DV. If this is the case then you select DV/DVCPro-NTSC. The main solution to your problem is that you also have to manually set the size to 854x480 for your movie to be wide screen.

All DV is 720x480 whether it's shot as 4:3 or 16:9. The 16:9 footage is not actually streched vertically, rather, it's squished in horizontally to fit inside the 720 wide frame.

Michael Gibbons · September 16th, 2005, 08:25 AM

Thanks Dave.

September 15th, 2005, 11:20 PM	#1
Michael Gibbons Major Player Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Loveland, Colorado, USA Posts: 292	quicktime 16X9 question Hey everyone, I'm trying to save sequence as a full quality .mov. I am using the quick time conversion in FCP4.5. My video is in 16X9 but the quicktime movies are stretched into 4:3 when I play them back. Any idea how to fix this? Thanks __________________ " When some wild-eyed, eight foot tall maniac grabs your neck, taps the back of your favorite head against a bar room wall, and looks you crooked in the eye, and he asks you if you've payed your dues, well, you just stare that big suker right back in the eye, and you remember what old Jack Burton always says at a time like that, 'Have you paid your dues, Jack? Yes sir, the check is in the mail."

September 16th, 2005, 06:11 AM	#3
Dave Perry Major Player Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Roanoke, VA Posts: 796	File>Export>Using QT Conversion. Then under options you need to manually set your codec. I assume you are working in DV. If this is the case then you select DV/DVCPro-NTSC. The main solution to your problem is that you also have to manually set the size to 854x480 for your movie to be wide screen. All DV is 720x480 whether it's shot as 4:3 or 16:9. The 16:9 footage is not actually streched vertically, rather, it's squished in horizontally to fit inside the 720 wide frame. __________________ Dave Perry Cinematographer LLC Director of Photography • Editor • Digital Film Production • 540.915.2752 • daveperry.net

September 16th, 2005, 08:25 AM	#4
Michael Gibbons Major Player Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Loveland, Colorado, USA Posts: 292	Thanks Dave. __________________ " When some wild-eyed, eight foot tall maniac grabs your neck, taps the back of your favorite head against a bar room wall, and looks you crooked in the eye, and he asks you if you've payed your dues, well, you just stare that big suker right back in the eye, and you remember what old Jack Burton always says at a time like that, 'Have you paid your dues, Jack? Yes sir, the check is in the mail."

September 16th, 2005, 05:59 AM	#2
Tomas Chinchilla Major Player Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 212 Images: 8	Be a little more specific: 1) Are you exporting from iMovie or FCP? 2) If exporting from iMovie, which is the only place I recall having "Export as full quality" that will export as DV, you would want to choose expert settings and then choose MOV. 3) In MOV go to the settings/options "Bare with me as I do not have my machine in front of me" and change the encoder to AIC "Apple Intermediate Codec".