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2:1 footage to 16:9 DVD, read as 4×3 letterbox
Using FCP, I’m having two problems creating a DVD for our short film and could use some advice:
1. We want our DVD to display at 16:9, and thought our settings in FCP and Compressor (below) would work. But after testing, our dvd player and computer only can only display the DVD properly as 4×3 letterbox (and squeezed poorly if I force 16:9).
2. I see occasional frame stutters and weird patterns/artifacts in darker parts of the frame.
Workflow and Settings –
Production: RED cam, 2:1 4k (4096 x 2048), 23.98 fps
Editing: FCP, with QT proxies “H” (2048×1024), in an HDTV 1080i (16:9) sequence, 1920×1080, with compressor ProRes 422 HQ
(Yes, I probably should have encoded to ProRes immediately, instead of continued rendering… This sequence was chosen to allow conform later, but also give us an export for DVDs now. We cut off part of the 2:1 image top or bottom to create a workable 16:9 frame for the DVD.)DVD: Compressor’s setting “DVD:Best Quality 90” (the film’s 10 min) to create files for burning DVD in Toast.
Any suggestions on how I can fix my two problems?
Thanks
Dan Schanler
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2 Replies
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It’s Toast that’s the problem.
Your workflow is good IF you were using DVD Studio Pro. In DVD-SP you would simply select “16:9” as your Display Mode for the video track and it would properly tell your DVD player to display it as a progressive, 16×9 anamorphic source. Sounds like it’s forcing a 4:3 letterbox and possibly trying to add in frames to make 30fps.
So hopefully someone who knows Toast can chime in.
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Thanks Aaron,
whew, right after my post, my DVD burner pretty much stalled out on me all together, so couldn’t follow up…
It’s back running again and I think you’re right – I built a VIDEO/AUDIO TS in DVPSP and then copied that to a DVD using Toast’s DATA – not the VIDEO setting I was using earlier, and it seems to have fixed the sizing issue.
Appreciate it.
D
Dan Schanler
NYC
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