[Todd Nystrom]

Thanks Jeremy. What does this check box affect actually? Is it solely the display aspect ratio?

[Todd Nystrom]

Here (below) is a screen shot of the specs of the Compressor rendered final that shows the problematic 640×486 “Display” setting. How did this get there? It was not in the preset.
Thanks

[Todd Nystrom]

Thanks Shane, redirecting now.

[Todd Nystrom]

[Todd Nystrom]

Thanks Dave!

[Todd Nystrom]

Original material is p not i (sorry forgot to mention). So who is the final authority on upper vs lower, progressive vs interlaced. Apple says it differently than do you in the following link:

https://documentation.apple.com/en/motion/usermanual/index.html#chapter=B%26section=4%26tasks=true

Thanks RK, sorry to get you ruffled. For the record I agree with your initial assessment that HD to SD takes a hit and THAT is the issue, not the field Dominance.

[Todd Nystrom]

Thanks RK,
I’ve studied up on field dominance… SD television uses Interlaced while HD television and computers use Progressive. Also 720×480 uses Lower while 640×480 uses Upper. So for SD television broadcast I need to export out of FCPX using Compressor presets I tweak to Interlaced Lower. We will see what the TV station says. I’m actually delivering all combinations of these as well for them to compare on their SD broadcast system and inform me which looks best. It’;; be Interlaced Lower 🙂
Thanks!