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converting HDV to H264 using compressor 3
After converting HDV to H264 using the default settings, I opened the movie through Quicktime and the frame was 4×9 instead of letter box frame of original source. I checked the default settings of H264 in compressor and the frame setting is 1440×1080, the same as the original source. Is this normal?
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You don’t say what you want to deliver, or to whom?
Is it for web delivery, IPTV, Broadcast transmission or mobile device?
Just so you know, HDV uses non-square pixels to deliver a 16:9 image so 1440×1080 non-square pixels equals 1920×1080 square pixels.
1440/1080 = 1.333:1 or 4:3 – Rectangular pixels
1920/1080 = 1.777:1 or 16:9 – Square pixels
Bottom line is that 1440×1080 is HDV’s way of ‘cheating’ 16:9 Full HD video.
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