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exporting for broadcast
Hi there everyone,
i’m urgently in need of some advise. A tv company has asked for a copy of my video for broadcast next week, and has given me this list as qualifying files:
MXF D10-30 OP1a
MXF D10-50 OP1a
Quicktime DV25
Quicktime IMX 30 (Final cut)
Quicktime IMX 50 (Final cut)
Avid Mpeg 50 (Avid)
Mpeg2 15Mbps 720×576 interlaced.All formats are SD.
I am not a post-house, i just use an imac, and my original rushes were transferred to HD prores at 1920×1080 16:9.
– Am i missing something in that they want this in SD rather than HD? It’s possible to make the files smaller and still keep HD, so why would they want it in SD?
– Also, can someone talk me through how to export my video in fcp as one of the above? I tried exporting an IMX by going to ‘make quicktime movie’ and just changing the settings to IMX – seemed to work but the resulting file gave me a 4:3 box and there’s no apparent means of changing it.
Help!!!!
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15 Replies
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Your broadcaster probably does not yet have the capability of broadcasting local content in HD.
Search this forum for any of the dozens of HD-to-SD threads. It’s been addressed many, MANY times.
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Hi, I would ask them if they want anamorphic flagged or not. If not then the 4:3 looking box will be fine even if your material is 16:9. Are you in the UK?
Matt. -
hi there,
cheers for that.
that’s fine but i know how to convert that isn’t my problem –
i really want to know how to export (in 16:9 SD) one of the files types that i’ve listed. I just need some instruction, and i can’t find anything specific to that on this site.
if you know please help!
Jack 🙂
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HI matt,
thanks for that. I’m really sorry but i don’t know what you mean by ‘flagging’ it – could you explain?
yeah i’m in the uk, but it’s a dutch tv station.
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How do you want your footage to appear in SD? Letterboxed? Or cropped?
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letterboxed is probably better!
can you instruct me how to get what I want?
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I don’t think you want letterboxed. I do a lot of work for Channel five and they have just changed to IMX50. I will just fire up my fcp and get it exactly right. If you were working in an anamorphic timeline you would have a check in the anamorphic column in the browser. This means that even though your video is a 4:3 shape it should be displayed 16:9 as it is anamorphic. Channel five require that you remove this check mark before exporting. I’ll post back in a few mins.
Matt. -
matt thats fantastic.
thankyou so much,
i await your post!
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Hi again. You are doing the right thing already. Just export (apple e) your sequence and choose imx pal 50 as your setting. You will get what appears to be 4:3 video but is in fact a full height anamorphic video. If you were to bring it back into fcp and check the anamorphic column in the browser it would play happily at the correct aspect ratio. This is how Channel five would want it and I am confident it is how your Dutch clients would want it too. If you want to use compressor instead then there is post here about it. https://discussions.info.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=10478602
Good luck Matt. -
I suppose the only proviso is if they want a real 4:3 video. I think this is unlikely but you might want to check with them. No UK broadcaster would want that but if they do I can help you with that.
Matt.
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