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HD clip not displaying correctly
Not sure what I’m doing wrong…I exported a clip from FCP as an H.264 using Compressor. The clip opens up in QuickTime in a 1440×1080 display. My client wants me to convert the clip to MPEG-4. I bring the clip back into Compressor, set it for 100% of source, pixel aspect HD (1440×1080), convert it, but when I open the new file, it opens in MPEG Streamclip, but displays in a 4:3 mode (the image is stretched from top to bottom). I drag the clip into QuickTime 7 and same thing happens. I opened up other HD clips in MPEG Streamclip and they display properly. I’m now trying to see if exporting directly from the FCP timeline as an MPEG-4(“send to Compressor”) will solve the issue. Is there something I’m missing?
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OK, now I’m even more confused. When I do a CMD-I to get info, the clip displays properly in the preview window. And it displays properly when I open it in QuickTIme 10.
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Your sequence must be HDV or some other 1440 x 1080 codec. Export using QT Movie. Change the settings from current to ProRes 422 1920 x 1080. Now yoyu have a proper 16:9 square pixel file. Open Compressor and bring in this file and select mp4 output and chose the settings your client wants but always maintain 16:9 and square pixels.
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Thanks for your quick response. Here are the sequence settings: 1440×1080, 29.97 fps, XDCAM HD 1080, pixel aspect HD (1440×1080). WIll try your suggestion now.
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I tried exporting it from FCP as you suggested, but it looked like it would take awhile. So I took the previously exported clip back into MPEG Streamclip and set it to export at 1920×1080 (as you had suggested as well). It worked. Not sure why it wouldn’t work at 1440×1080, but client needs this tomorrow morning, so I couldn’t care less right now! THANK YOU!
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Happy to help. 1440 x 1080 is 4:3 anamorphic which FCP interprets and displays as 16:9. You just have to make sure that you convert to 16:9 square pixels before converting into any other format so it will display correctly on a computer
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