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  transcoding issues

  Posted by Mike Whalen on October 6, 2008 at 11:04 pm

  I’m having problems transcoding 720p30fps footage to DVCPro50. When I open the HD footage bin in the 30i project and do the transcode the clips turn out stretched vertically. I’m using MC2.8 on a macpro laptop. I thought I could transcode HD footage into SD and edit in the same timeline as SD footage but the image is getting distorted.

  Any helpful suggestions?

  Mark replied 17 years, 10 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Mark

  October 7, 2008 at 10:57 am

  Drop the pan and scan filter from the reformat tab onto your clips (once they are in the sequence). Now choose 16:9 anamorphic as the original file type and 4:3 as the target…I am not sure if that is the exact terminology of the filter, but you basically have 2 pulldown boxes that enable you to choose.

  Also, there is a 4:3 square that allows you to decide what part of the footage you want to show in the 4:3. I am assuming that you want to center cut your 16:9 footage.

  Regards

  Mark

  Mark Harvey
  Senior Editor
  Le Réseau des sports
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  Mark

  October 7, 2008 at 1:17 pm

  Sorry, I just noticed that Michael answered this same question in an earlier post.

  Mark

  Mark Harvey
  Senior Editor
  Le Réseau des sports

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