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Vertical Black Bars on export HDV to MPEG2-DVD
Hi,
I have not seen this topic described in the Cow despite searching.
I am working with HDV footage in Premiere Pro. My project settings are the default Premiere’s HDV project settings so nothing out of the ordinary.
The problem shows up when I try to export my HDV timeline using Adobe Media Encoder (AME) using the MPEG2-DVD setting. When I see the resultant output in the “Output Tab”, the footage has vertical black bars on the left and the right (like letterboxing, only vertical vs. horizontal). I cannot see any way to override the scaling. I’ve played with the “cropping” and “scale to fit” button but no luck.
I think it is a aspect ratio or resolution scaling issue (going from 1440 x1080 to 720 x 480 is not a direct multiplier) however I cannot figure out how to resize it in AME.
I could import the footage into a new Premiere project using SD settings and scaling all my stuff down, but I need to export to both SD and BluRay and want to work with 1 project.
This is consistent on Premiere Pro and Encore CS3 and CS4.
Anyone else see this issue or point me to another thread that allows me to correct this?
Thanks, Milton
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5 Replies
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If you are referring to the thin black bars you are seeing in your export (8 pixels to the left and right), this has to do with the fact that CS4 apps (not only Premiere) now deal with “exact” PAR; they didn’t prior. For widescreen I think it’s now 1.22 instead of 1.2.
Keep in mind that these bars will not appear on a TV screen because they are outside of the active area.
You don’t want to use crop as this will degrade your footage further and cause greater render times. It will be something to get used to.
Vince Becquiot
Director | EditorKaptis Studios
San Francisco – Bay Area -
Found that tutorial, I knew it was around somewhere… That should explain the issue in further details.
https://movielibrary.lynda.com/html/player/index.cfm?id={50AEFD66-0E51-4246-9660-4D44F53A490E}&redirect=no
Cheers,
Vince Becquiot
Director | EditorKaptis Studios
San Francisco – Bay Area -
Vince,
Excellent answer. Thank you for the quick answer and link to the tutorial. This explains a lot. I would never have know to explain it as PAR. I thought I was doing something wrong.
Thanks,
Milton
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Hey I was researching this same topic and came across the link above. However the link doesn’t work. I have a lynda.com account too.
Is there any updated link you could send me on this over at lynda.com?
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Looks liked they moved it.
I did a quick search on Lynda.com for “pixel aspect” and got the CS4 cour outline:
https://www.lynda.com/home/DisplayCourse.aspx?lpk2=701The actual content described above is here:
https://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=40550Good luck, milton
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