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QuicktimeExport not true 16:9?
Hi, I’m simply trying to export a compressed .mov of a short…
the mpg2 i’m exporting is proper 16:9
despite having the exact same settings, the .mov i’m exporting (through various codecs) is a bit horizontally squished… i’ve got a widescreen display, the mpg2 fills the screen, and the .mov is pillarboxed…the samples:
https://www.boogaloogames.net/bliargh/bananas/mpg.orwell.mpg
https://www.boogaloogames.net/bliargh/bananas/mov.orwell.movany ideas?
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2 Replies
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Mpeg 2 for DVD supports a 16:9 switch that most software and hardware DVD players recognize and change the resulting display accordingly. Other formats do not.
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Hi Matt,
Mike is right about QT being a codec that won’t stretch out the anamorphic 16×9 clip to widescreen. So this means you need to actually do some math. Figure out the 16×9 square pixel resolution. I work in PAL so 720×576 (4:3 or Anamorphic 16:9) would actually be 1024×576 as 16:9 sq pixel in say a QT codec.
NTSC would be 720×486/480 becomes 864×486 or 853×480. Export at the Sq Pxl res and tell it to have a Sq Aspect ratio. It should come out properly then.
– Jon Barrie
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