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Stretched?
Sent a client an export from timeline Quick Time conversion file that he said was stretched out of normal aspect ratio. Apple+I said 720×480 on my screen. He said there are black bars top and bottom on the frame and the images look stretched. I have no idea how he is getting it that way. I burned the QT files to DVD data only via Toaster 6. I don’t know which QT version he is using on his mac to view. I’ve got: 6.5.2
Any ideas what’s going on?
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3 Replies
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Is he watching this on a DVD or his computer screen? Since you’re talking about QT, I assume he’s watching it on his computer screen. For this purpose you have created a stretched qt of 720×480. That is DV or DVD’s native resolutioin, which uitilizes non-square pixels. For a computer screen, which uses square pixels, the correct size would be 640×480.
I’m not sure about the black bars at the top and bottom, unless he’s trying to view it full screen, which would result in black bars at the top and bottom because the two aspect ratios don’t match. But in a simple qt viewer there shouldn’t be any black bars.
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Pardon my elementary question, I’m on severe sleep deprivation, if the show is going to DVD, not broadcast, and will be used in corporate environment via computers AND display NTSC monitors, wouldn’t native aspect (720×480) be the way to go? (I only have 4:3 and 16:9 options in my encoder )
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That would be the correct QT format to export for use with your encoding software. The aspect ratio will look correct when played back with a non-square pixel compatible player, like your DVD player on your computer. QT will display it as square pixels, therefore appearing squished (or stretched depending on your point of view). FCP also displays non-square pixels at the correct ratio (actually it can display them as square or non-square).
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