[Nic Lamphear]

ok man first off you’re not crazy,
It took me a lot of messing around to figure this one out. From all the forums on the web right now the impression I get is exporting to apple TV screws up your aspect ratio for some unknown reason…that apple has yet to fix. There are two wats around it.

1.) open your 4:3 file in quicktime go to window>movie properties, set it back to 16:9 then re-export it. However this requires you to have quicktime pro…..and I don’t have that yet.

2.) The FREE way around this problem is pretty simple. Apple has also included an “export to Apple TV” function in the new version of iTunes. Export your file from FCPro as a quicktime movie, when you play it through quicktime you will notice your 16:9 ratio is preserved. Import this file into itunes and watch your 16:9 ratio vanish and be replaced with 4:3…….go to Advanced>Create Apple TV Version, iTunes will convert your file to an M4v file, and it will show up right next to your original file in the media window……and for some crazy ass reason it will be back to it’s original and intended resolution of 16:9 and ready to play on your Apple TV.

Cheers and good luck to all who are having this problem.

_Nic