16:9 movies from FCPX playing in 4:3 in iDVD

[Tom Wolsky]

Please give the exact specs of the exported media file.

All the best,

Tom

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[Jack Niedenthal]

I have had the exact same problem and then gave up on iDVD, would be curious to see if there is a solution.

Jack Niedenthal
Microwave Films of the Marshall Islands
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[Simon Ubsdell]

Have you tried using the Share/DVD option to make a DVD directly from inside FCPX? It might not help but it’s possibly worth a try.

Simon Ubsdell
Director/Editor/Writer
http://www.tokyo-uk.com

[Andrew Griffiths]

Tom

Thanks for your reply.

I think I’ve finally cracked it. I double checked the properties of the project in FCPX and found that the video properties were set to 1404 x 1080. I changed them to 1920 x 1080. I’ve exported a small segment and dragged it into iDVD whereupon it now plays in 16:9 – at last!

The annoying thing is that QT7 reported the earlier videos I’d exported as being 1920 x 1080 – which they clearly weren’t!

I think I was a victim of the FCPX feature which offers to set the video properties automatically on the first clip. From now on I won’t use that!

Andrew

[Andrew Griffiths]

Jack

I hope the solution I’ve finally found works for you!

Andrew