• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  HD to DVD with Letterbox to view on 4:3 SD TV

  Posted by Larry Wood on July 4, 2007 at 2:30 am

  Shot the footage with a Z-1, digitized to FCP 5.1 on a MacBook Pro. Now I want to export the edited footage to a file that will work with I-DVD and burn the disc on the Laptop. The viewer will watch on a standard 4:3 TV and I want them to see the full 16:9 frame in Letterbox. So far all attempts have failed. (Perhaps this will encourage me to learn Compressor and DVD Studio Pro?) Appreciate all help. Thanks.

  Stuart Simpson replied 19 years, 2 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  July 4, 2007 at 5:08 am

  You want to use iDVD, I always say why deliver a DVD that will look like one that your 9 year old nephew can make, don’t get me wrong iDVD can make great looking DVD’s, but I assume you are a professional because you are on a professional forum. How would your client feel about you work when they pop it in the DVD player and it looks just like the one their kid just made.

  Export using compressor. You should be fine using the presets compressor has. Then pull the files into DVD SP. If you have questions about settings do a search of the DVD SP forum.
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  Stuart Simpson

  July 4, 2007 at 7:51 am

  Use the 16×9 Presets and build your DVD as a 16×9 anamorphic DVD – if your DVD player is set up correctly it will automagically letterbox your program.

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