• Adobe Media Encoder

  AME CS4 Keeps Adding Letterbox to my 4:3 videos

  Posted by Andrew Bergner on July 27, 2012 at 4:00 pm

  Hello,

  I just started a new job that uses AME CS4, and I’m trying to compress a bunch of .MOV files that are in 640×480 format to FLV. The problem is that AME keeps adding letterboxing to the clips.

  I have a suspicion that this is because the clips are originally HD 1080 exported via FCP Quicktime Conversion down to 4:3. The quicktime files launch as 4:3, but they show up 16×9 in the Source window in AME. It does display that source and output are 640×480, but the window and footage is widescreen.

  What am I missing? Are the videos not actually 4:3 when being read by AME?

  I know this isn’t the best workflow, but I have to keep with their system until we can establish better practices. Any help would be appreciated.

  Thanks.

  Andrew Bergner replied 13 years, 9 months ago 1 Member · 0 Replies
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