Confused about HD framesize

Shealan Forshaw · November 27th, 2004, 08:17 AM

When I load the sample footage into FCP, it seems to think its 1440 x 810 ?

I used Streamclip to convert it. Did I mess up somewhere along the line.

Any idea whats going on there?

Dylan Pank · November 28th, 2004, 06:26 AM

Shealan, you need to use the "demux to unscaled m2v and aiff" option. (FCP is rescaling it to 1440*810 to retain the 16:9 aspect ratio). This will give you the 4:3 ratio with an anamorphic squeeze. Unfortunately there isn't a pixel aspect ratio that suites HDV (1.333)

Shealan Forshaw · November 29th, 2004, 06:04 AM

Thanks for the advise.

Heres hoping Apple update FCP soon to support these new formats.

November 27th, 2004, 08:17 AM	#16
Shealan Forshaw New Boot Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 21	When I load the sample footage into FCP, it seems to think its 1440 x 810 ? I used Streamclip to convert it. Did I mess up somewhere along the line. Any idea whats going on there?

November 28th, 2004, 06:26 AM	#17
Dylan Pank Major Player Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Portsmouth, UK Posts: 611	Shealan, you need to use the "demux to unscaled m2v and aiff" option. (FCP is rescaling it to 1440*810 to retain the 16:9 aspect ratio). This will give you the 4:3 ratio with an anamorphic squeeze. Unfortunately there isn't a pixel aspect ratio that suites HDV (1.333)

November 29th, 2004, 06:04 AM	#18
Shealan Forshaw New Boot Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 21	Thanks for the advise. Heres hoping Apple update FCP soon to support these new formats.