Re: Pixel aspect ratio in Adobe Media Encoder

Ronaldo:

No, that is still not what I mean. It is not a matter of filling an entire 4:3 or 16:9 screen that is the problem. The frame (screen) proportions is not the problem. It is the differing physical size of the pixels between a computer monitor and a TV monitor that is the problem.

If I render a movie that is 10x10 pixels in size, it will look like a square on a computer monitor, but as a rectangle on a TV, because the pixels are not square on a TV.

A movie that is 1" x 1" on a computer monitor will be 1" x 1.3" on a TV. Therefore, I need to reduce the movie from (for example) 100x100 pixels to 100x75 to make it look square on a TV.

Media Encoder doesn't do this. If I ask it to change the pixel aspect ratio, it only changes the frame size, not the content proportions. (Media Encoder reduces the size of the content proportionally to fit in the new frame, so that a circle still looks like a circle on the computer monitor. I need it to look like a standing oval on the computer monitor to have it look like a circle when I show the same movie on a TV. I need Media Encoder to change the size of the content unproportionally.)

Knut Högvall
Documentation Manager
Polystar OSIX