Media Composer QT export settings
by Christine Elder
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Nov 1, 2009 at 1:38:13 am
I need to figure out the correct QT export settings from Media Composer; the QT file I export will ultimately be imported into DVD Studio Pro (or some other authoring program) by the person who will be doing the DVD authoring.
Do these all of these export settings sound right?
Same as Source
color levels: 601/709
display aspect ratio: Native Dimensions
The one that's most confusing to me are the export options available for display aspect ratio, which are as follows: Native Dimensions, 4:3 Square, or 16:9 Square.
My project is 16:9, so I am wondering if I should be using 16:9 square instead of 'Native Dimensions'? But the final project is going to DVD so it needs to look good on TV and computers...
Re: Media Composer QT export settings by Job ter Burg on Nov 1, 2009 at 7:14:52 am
That setting determines the display size in Quicktime player. If you choose native, then a pixel remains a pixel, if you choose 4x3 then the display size is corrected from non-square video pixels to square pixels (like the ones on your computer screen), if you choose 16x9 then the display size is corrected from non-square anamorphic video pixels to square pixels.
I have no clue whether that setting matters for your DVD encoder, but I would tend to think it does NOT matter.
Re: Media Composer QT export settings by David Braswell on Nov 2, 2009 at 2:23:39 pm
Also Christine, understand that exporting as source will create an Avid codec (Meridien, DNxHD, whatever's on your timeline) Quicktime. So if you're moving the file to another computer for DVD encoding/authoring that computer will need to have the Avid Codecs installed to ope the file.
