• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  My exported file from Compressor looks too wide

  Posted by Dale Thompson on July 23, 2010 at 3:24 pm

  I’m a newbie with FCP and Compressor but I wanted to know how to solve this problem I got last night.

  I started off in FCP with importing .mov files from my Firestore (shot on a Panasonic HVX200 in 720p), edited it and then exported the .mov file to Compressor with current settings (unchanged).

  In compressor, I chose to use “DVD: Best Quality 90 minutes” (MPEG-2 6.2Mbps 2-Pass). I went into the Quality tab and raised up the Maximum and Average Bit Rates as far as they could go. I then submitted the file and it saved fine. I went into DVD Studio Pro and burned it normally.

  My video looks really wide now, not good at all. I’m guessing I didn’t do something in Compressor to make it look this way?

  Should I have changed something in the Video Format then (Aspect Ratio)? Do my movie files have to be 16:9 or 4:3?

  I’m completely lost right now but all I know is my video coming out of FCP looked fine, so somewhere in Compressor I messed up.

  Can someone give me any help with this?

  TIA,
  Dale

  P.S. Dumb question but are the clips coming from the HXV200 in native 16:9 or 4:3?

  Dale Thompson replied 16 years, 1 month ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Chris Borjis

  July 23, 2010 at 5:11 pm

  make sure it is set for 16:9 as the aspect.

  also don’t max out the bit rates. mpeg2 video for dvd
  on burnable media shouldn’t exceed 7mbps or you may get
  skipping on play back.
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  Dale Thompson

  July 23, 2010 at 6:14 pm

  thanks Chris I’ll give it a shot

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