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16:9 movies from FCPX showing as 4:3 in iDVD
I have exported a movie (HD 1080) from FCPX but when I drag it into iDVD it plays out at 4:3. I’ve tried changing the scaling in Quicktime7 but iDVD still plus it at 4:3. I’ve searched everywhere I can find on the Internet but I can’t find the answer. Can anyone help please?
Andrew Griffiths
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8 Replies
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Replying to my own post (!) I should have added that I’ve tried Anamorphicizer and myDVDedit but neither worked. I use a Mac with OSX 10.7.2 (Lion).
Andrew
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Dave
Thanks for your reply. I’ve successfully made a 16:9 DVDs using iDVD in the past after exporting from FCE so I guess the answer is yes.
I’ve also made a 16:9 DVD in iDVD from FCPX (from a movie exported from FCPX) – that was just before Christmas, but every time I try it now, iDVD insists on playing it in 4:3. I’m still stumped.
Andrew
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Thanks Dave – I’ve checked the settings in iDVD and they are definitely set for 16:9
Andrew
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There is also an FCPX techniques forum that might be worth posting this in as many here are not conversant with FCPX or iDVD for that matter.
https://forums.creativecow.net/fcpxtechnique
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Dave
Many thanks – appreciate your suggestions. I should have mentioned that my video is HD which as I understand it is automatically 16:9.
Andrew
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Michael – many thanks, will do.
Andrew
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Dave
If I open the movie in QuickTime 7 and open the properties, the the video track it reports the size of the video as 1920 x 1080. As I understand it, that means it is 16:9 – is that right?
Andrew
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Dave
Many thanks – you’ve helped me towards the solution!
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 the way QT7 reported the earlier videos I’d exported as being 1920 x 1080 – which they clearly weren’t even though QT7 played them in 16:9!
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!
Thanks for your help.
Andrew
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