Incorrect Aspect Ratio for Exported files
 

I've been trying to export a 720p video file as something comparable to a DVCAM PAL file. These files are for an editor with FCP.

No matter what I do the ratio comes out wrong, looking like 4:3.

I'm using Premiere Pro CS5 and my export settings are
Format: Quicktime
Preset: PAL DV Widescreen
Video Codec: DV25 PAL
Aspect: D1/DV PAL Widescreen 16:9

Any ideas as to how I can fix this?

Thanks,

Richy

Check your Sequence settings and Pixel Aspect Ratio does it match your video.

If you use quicktime player to watch the file - then it shows it as it is 4:3. There is no manual settings in the player to show it widescreen. Guess it is a flag that is not set right when exported but it does not matter for the final result .....

Hi Richy. PAL pixels are rectangular in shape as opposed to computers/HD which are square. The Standard PAL Pixel Aspect Ratio (PAR) is 1.07 and Widescreen is 1.42. but they are both always 720 pixels wide x 576 pixels deep. What this means is that if you are previewing a PAL video through a viewer which is using square pixels it will always look square and squashed.
Create a widescreen PAL composition in Premiere and import the footage into it - you'll probably find all is well.

Cheers for the replies!

That was pretty much it. Quicktime played it as 4:3, but once it was dropped into a FCP timeline it reverted to 16:9.

Richard, I've had a similar problem. Have a look at this...

Matrox RTX2 User Forum :: View topic - 16:9 plays at 4:3 and see if it helps.

Peter