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16:9 footage shown as 4:3 in fcp x
Hi, if anyone can help please do!
I have some files DVC – PAL 720×575 with 16:9 frame. When I import the files in fcp 10.01.3 I see them as 4:3.
The same goes with quicktime player. Although vlc shows them right, 16:9.Is there something I can do?
Fix it in Pre.
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7 Replies
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I’d say the 16:9 flag is missing. Try opening one in the QT7 Player and setting it manually in the properties window (⌘J), saving and reimporting.
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You can set the anamorphic flag within FCPX from the inspector.
Open the inspector, edit the metadata view and search for “anamorphic override” and check the box.
Back in the inspector , select widescreen from the anamorphic override drop down.
Should look something like this:
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Ironically I was actually going to suggest that exact same at first, but I couldn’t find it here in my inspector off the bat. 😀 Must not have had the right material selected or maybe I’m just going blind.
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In QuickTime 7 you can change the properties from 720 x 576 to 1024 x 576 which is SD anamorphic (in PAL anyway).
https://support.apple.com/kb/DL923
it’s a feature not available in later QuickTime.
Probably you can also do it in Mpeg Stream clip or maybe even VLC if you export from VLC after opening.
I always used to use QuickTime 7
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[Robin S. Kurz] “Ironically I was actually going to suggest that exact same at first, but I couldn’t find it here in my inspector off the bat. 😀 Must not have had the right material selected or maybe I’m just going blind.”
🙂 You have to turn it on in the metadata view, and the footage selected has to support it (like SD instead of HD).
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[Jeremy Garchow] “You have to turn it on in the metadata view”
I know. Only I looked for “Aspect ratio” which obviously didn’t give me what I wanted (and thought I would get). Had forgotten about THE FORCE (pun intended… kinda)
[Jeremy Garchow] “and the footage selected has to support it (like SD instead of HD).”
That was my second mistake. Didn’t have any handy. Ah well. At least my alternative suggestion wasn’t WRONG or anything. 😉
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Thanks a lot Jeremy, I did your suggestion and it worked fine.
Thanks also everybody for your support. I should add to make it easier to the next one with the same prob that if he choose one or more clips, go to the inspector,in the tab “info” and in the metadata view choose settings instead of basic, extended etc. he will see the anamorphic override.
There he can choose widescreen.
At least that’s how it worked for me.Fix it in Pre.
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