• Avid Media Composer

  Xpress Pro, Quicktimes, & a black bar

  Posted by Derek Fremd on March 17, 2010 at 10:02 pm

  Normally when I export sequences from the timeline I do so as a Quicktime Reference Movie and then compress either in Sorenson or in Quicktime Pro. A client has asked for Quicktimes in the “DV/DVCPro-NTSC” format. When I do my normal routine and compress in Quicktime Pro (in the DV/DVCPro-NTSC setting) from a QT Reference Movie, the result is horrible and looks like several generations down VHS. If I export directly from the Avid timeline as a Quicktime Movie in the “DV/DVCPro-NTSC” format, the result looks great but I get a horizontal black bar across the top of the frame.

  I have tried settings variations all w/in 720×480 but so far have not been able to get rid of the bar. The only way I can be rid of it is by setting my Avid Export As setting at 720×470 and checking “Crop/Pad” and leaving the customized QT setting at 720×480. This is a non-optimal workaround.

  It’s strange because when I compress from a QT Reference Movie, the black bar is not there…it’s only there when I export directly from the Avid timeline. Any ideas on what’s going on and how to rid myself of the “black bar” without having to tell Avid to make it 720×470 export?

  Derek Fremd replied 16 years, 2 months ago 1 Member · 0 Replies
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