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  16:9 video for a 4:3 broadcast

  Posted by Cliff Jenkins on October 10, 2011 at 1:45 pm

  Got a quick question and I hope you can help…

  I have a 16:9 HD H.264 commercial that will run during a 4:3 SD telecast of a basketball game. They’re asking that I send it via beta (they must live in a cave). How should I export it from FCP and should I still include a countdown?

  Shane Ross replied 14 years, 9 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Shane Ross

  October 13, 2011 at 9:05 am

  Well, you need an IO card (not sure what NLE you are using, so can’t give advice on that front), and a rental betaSP deck. And a black burst generator. And then you can output to that tape. But you need to see if they want it 4:3 cropped (lose the sides), or if they will take a letterboxed version so the full frame can be seen.

  And yes, you should always have bars/tone/slate and program start at Hour 1.

  And a LOT of this country still broadcasts in SD…from betaSP.

  Shane

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