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HI All,
I need recommendations/suggestions/advice on software and hardware for a video slideshow project that I am doing. I am currently creating a slideshow in final cut from still JPEGs that will need to be cut on a DVD so that it will play on HDTV, TV, LCD monitor, computers. I have worked on a similar show before on a DVD that is going to play on computer only, and I was having a lot of trouble in finding the right aspect ratio to cut the DVD. This time I need some advice on what initial setting/output aspect ration I should use in order to have a DVD that will play without any stretching or squeezing on HDTV as well as on a computer. Thanks.
Also, I am in the process of procuring a large LCD/plasma TV/monitor for showing this DVD. The panel will be playing the DVD throughout the day. What kind of monitor and setup would you suggest for such an operation? Thanks.
Mina
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Don’t play this off a DVD if you are setting up a turn-key display, use an H264 HD movie, played from a computer or media player. Quality would be so much better.
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Hindsight is always 1080p
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you should make your sequence, source files and DVD project 16×9. this might mean adding in side mattes if all your footage is 4×3 or if all your stills are in a 4×3 aspect.
when played on a 16×9 display (computer or LCD) there will be no stretching, and if it’s played on a 4×3 monitor (computer or LCD) the DVD player will letterbox the signal.
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HI,
I did not realize that I did that, is there anyway I can edit/delete the post?
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We just used a Western Digital TV Live media server to playback 1920 X 1080 mpeg2 spots through it’s HDMI port to a plasma monitor at a client event. Worked great. Unit costs $120 CDN but you need an external USB 2.0 device to play out from. We used a 1tb drive.
https://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=735
Lee
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what is a turn-key display?
It is going to be for a 60 inch monitor, I don’t have the info on the make yet, but would a DVD work? I m using DVD simply because it is easy and low cost to set up. I am using high res jpeg for the slideshow and hope to get similar quality of a HD DVD movie. Please advise.
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Thanks Brian!
what do you mean by “and if it’s played on a 4×3 monitor (computer or LCD) the DVD player will letterbox the signal” ? The DVD players will do the resizing so that the video will fit on the monitor? Does all DVD players do that or just the newer models?
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if the player detects the display does not support 16×9 it will letterbox it. will do on any player. if you borrowed a ‘widescreen’ DVD from a friend and played it on your older 4×3 TV, it would display letterboxed. if you played it on a 16×9 TV it would play full frame (minus of course whatever matte the filmmakers used)
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I am still a bit confused about the format and export format after testing it. I have done some testing on export and burning on DVD but my images are either squeezed horizontally or vertically.
A little guidance will help me out of this maze of formats.
The jpeg slideshow (which will be burned to DVD to play on a 42 inch screen) is worked on in Final cut. My jpeg stills are sized at 1920×1080 (there is a black border). In final cut, the setting of my sequence are :
Frame Size 1920×1080, Aspect Ratio 19:9
Pixel Aspect Ratio : NTSC – CCIR 601/DV(720×480)
Field Dominance : Lower(Even)QuickTime Video Settings
Compressor: DVCPRO HD 1080i50When I export the sequence, I choose Export->Use QuickTime Conversion
The movie settings are as follows :Compression Type: DVCPRO HDi1050 (should I use HDV1080i50?)
At the moment I do not have a TV (I have no access to a TV) to do testing anymore, would like to know if with this setting the final DVD will play alright on a HDTV or a computer. Everything looks find on computer so far, but I m a bit doubtful about how it look on TV.
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Another question:
The RT Unlimited is missing from the RT menu, any thought?
My jpegs are around 500 – 1 MB each
I can only get the Unlimited RT when I change the sequence settings to NTSC DV (3:2).
Is there anyway to have FCP to render so that the video could be viewed with the transitions real time?
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