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  • Dvcam video 16:9 full Height Anam. with 4:3 safe area

    Posted by Sara Petrai on June 10, 2009 at 12:49 pm

    Hi everyone,

    I’ve a issue that i need to be sure before give it back to my boss.
    I’ve done a commercial 720×576 (1.094pixel ratio) with an audio track.
    now I’ve to send it to a channel and they asked it as

    DVCAM VIDEO TAPE SUPPLIED WITH DVCAM VIDEO CONTENT.
    ASPECT RATIO 16:9 FULL HEIGHT ANAMORPHIC WITH 4:3 SAFE AREA
    AUDIO STEREO (2 CHANNEL LEFT AND RIGHT)

    well I don’t wanna get lost in something maybe easy but need someone to confir how to do it properly.

    1) dvcam video content = is quick time – dv pal? (I’M USING PREMIERE CS4)
    2) shall I change the aspect ratio of the project or just when I endcoding it? or maybe each clip?! I suppose the project should be 4:3 with the clip 16:9?!!
    3)audio= each audio track is it already with 2 channel?! r shall i split it in other 2?!

    please somebody answer as soon as possible please!!!
    Love you all, always save my work when reading this forum!!
    Sara

    Daniel Low replied 17 years, 1 month ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • Daniel Low

    June 10, 2009 at 3:33 pm

    I’d post this in the Premiere forum for the correct workflow but in answer to your questions:

    1. DVCAM is DVCAM not Quicktime (as it’s tape) but it can be digitised or created or transcoded to using the Quicktime DV PAL Codec.

    2. If the footage is 16:9 then your project should be 16:9 and so should the clips (1024×576) – when played back to DVCAM tape they’ll be 720×576 FH anamorphic

    3. The clips are stereo which is 2 channels (left and right), that’s all they are saying.

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