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Movie compressing in 4:3 instead of 16:9 in FCP 6
I shot footage with my Cannon HV-30. The sequence settings are Frame Size 1440×1080, aspect ratio HD(1440×1080)(16:9) and pixel aspect ratio HD(1440×1080). The QuickTime Video settings for compressor are HDV1080i60. However, when I compress it into H.264 using 100% of the original, I end up with a 4:3 movie, except for the YouTube version (https://youtu.be/VXAzs9caaZY) which for some very confusing reason is in 16:9. Do you guys have any advice on how to fix this?
Thank you, thank you as always!
Alex
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Hi Alexandra.
QT do not understand other than Square pixels.
Export your movie with 1920×1080 Square Pixels.
rafael -
Thanks, Rafael. Do I leave everything else as is and only change the pixel rate in the inspector?
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[Alexandra Hidalgo] ” Do I leave everything else as is and only change the pixel rate in the inspector?”
You need to change the dimension as well.
1440×1080 HD pixels is the equivalent to 1920×1080 Squared pixels.
That will shows up everywhere as proper 16×9.
In Compressor, set “Frame Control ON”, and “Resize Filter: BEST”.
It will take longer, but you will achieve better picture quality.
rafael -
I was just wondering what those dimensions should be. I’m now running it with display bounds 1920×1080 as Rafael recommended. I’ll report on how it goes…
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HDTV has just two standard sizes:
– 1920 x1080 SQ Pixels
– 1280 x 720 SQ Pixels
Other sizes and pixels aspects (1440×1080, 1280×1080, 960×720,..) are acquisition formats (HDV, DVCProHD,..).
rafael -
It took a long time to process but it is beautiful!!! Thank you, thank you, Rafael. That was so helpful and now I have much better image quality than I did before!
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Hi Alexandra,
I have exactly the same question and I didn’t understand exactly what Rafael recommended. I have FCP 6 and my footage and sequence is 1440×1080 (Canon XA10) Normally I do Export- QT Mov – Current settings. What should I set Current settings for. And when I bring it to Compressor how do I compress it to be good for youtube.
Thank you!
Oxana
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