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capture 16:9 footage
Dear cow community,
I need to capture a PAL digibeta in 16:9 and pass it on to our encoding department.
To keep the workflow as fast as possible I just capture the clip and hand over the file which is in the Final Cut Pro captures folder.The problem is that the .mov is not marked as anamorphic so the compression program interprets the file as 4:3.
Is there a way I can tell Final Cut to “mark” the clip as 16:9 directly when capturing? I’ve already changed the capture settings by marking the option “anamorph”. The captured file showed up in the FCP browser as an anamorph clip but in Quicktime it still displays as 4:3. Also when I drag that clip into a new FCP project the anamorp setting ist lost.
The only way I have managed to get a .mov which is displayed as 16:9 is by creating a 16:9 sequence and exporting the clip from there. But that would mean that our workflow would get dramatically longer. And because we need to process quite a lot of clips I would be happy if anyone has an idea how to get proper 16:9 clips directly from ingesting.I am using FCP 7.0.3 and a Blackmagic Decklink card.
thnx,
ilja -
2 Replies
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[ilja bayerl] “so the compression program interprets the file as 4:3.”
Hi Ilya
In FCP the raw capture will still retain it’s true 4:3 native aspect … the display aspect is then handled on the fly based on the anamorphic flag thats attached to the clip in the FCP project metadata. It’s not embedded in the clip itself. There’s no way to change this in your FCP capture but you could batch process the captured files using an app like MPEG Streamclip to resave them, otherwise unchanged, but with the 16:9 metadata attached as needed.
Then again, most compression apps are easily capable of handling untagged anamorphic files correctly if you just set up an appropriate preset accordingly. Wouldn’t that be the easiest option?
Hope it helps
Andy -
Change the frame size in quicktime properties to 1024×576 and save.
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