Print to Video Question: Not 16x9 on my external monitor?

	Re: Print to Video Question: Not 16x9 on my external monitor? by David Roth Weiss on May 26, 2008 at 5:12:17 pm [zack hill] "when I print to video, it comes up squeezed into a 4 by 3 format." I'm trying to help, but your post is pretty difficult to follow... What does "comes up" mean? Comes up where? That's not really a video term. (Now that I've reread your original post and see your subject header again I get your post a bit better and realize I did answer correctly below.) A better way to state what you siad would have been, "after printing to tape, the tape displays 4x3 squeezed on my TV or monitor when monitored directly from my VCR.") Anamorphic video when recorded to tape is in fact squeeezed to 4x3 and everything is tall and skinny until it is unsqueeezed. So, if you're monitoring on a 4x3 SD TV right off the tape and your monitor has no switch for 16x9, what d'ya think its gonna look like??? 4x3 squeeezed. David Roth Weiss Director/Editor David Weiss Productions, Inc. Los Angeles POST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™ A forum host of Creative COW's Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, and Indie Film & Documentary forums. Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index

	Re: Print to Video Question: Not 16x9 on my external monitor? by David Roth Weiss on May 26, 2008 at 10:22:54 pm [Dylan Reeve] "Be sure to clearly label the tape as being 16:9 Anamorphic to make sure it's handled properly." Dylan is absolutely right on this one, which I thought about a while later. Consider going a step farther and calling to make certain the head programmer puts a big red note to the projectionist reminding them that your project is anamorphic, because Murphy's law of bad projection states, "whatever can be projected improperly, will be projected improperly." David Roth Weiss Director/Editor David Weiss Productions, Inc. Los Angeles POST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index

	Re: Print to Video Question: Not 16 by 9 on my external montor? by David Roth Weiss on Jun 13, 2008 at 2:12:57 am [zack hill] "Then in the attributes of the track, you can set it to play either 4:3, 16:9. pan scan, 16 by 9 letterbox, or 16:9 pan scan and letter box. I tend to use 16 by 9 letter box, so that if its on a standard tv, it will letterbox, and if its on a wide screen, it stretches to fit." Zack, For the record, you should change your method to the method I described, for good reason. The proper way the DVD spec works is to "set the 16x9 flag" when encoding MPEG2 (in Compressor in this case), then DVDSP or any other authoring software will automatically create a widescreen DVD that displays properly on widescreen or 4x3 TVs. Using the method you describe, if a person should accidently encode a letterboxed MPEG2 in Compressor, and then they set DVDSP to create a 16x9 DVD, they will get a distorted stretched image on a widescreen TV. Your method may work sometimes, but not all he time. The method I described works all the time. Hope this helps... David David Roth Weiss Director/Editor David Weiss Productions, Inc. Los Angeles POST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™ A forum host of Creative COW's Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, and Indie Film & Documentary forums. Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index

	Re: Print to Video Question: Not 16 by 9 on my external montor? by David Roth Weiss on Jun 27, 2008 at 2:19:50 am [Katrina Mann] "By "Set the 16x9 flag" in Compressor do you mean just choose that in Geometry?" Nope, if you've output a 16x9 QT from FCP, the proper setting in Compressor is "16x9" in the Aspect Ratio field in the Encoder tab of the Inspector. When properly set, that places a flag that signals authoring programs to automatically scale your DVD so that it displays 16x9 on widescreen monitors and letterboxed on 4x3 monitors. Pretty simple huh? Good luck tonight... David David Roth Weiss Director/Editor David Weiss Productions, Inc. Los Angeles POST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™ A forum host of Creative COW's Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, and Indie Film & Documentary forums. Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index

	Re: Print to Video Question: Not 16x9 on my external monitor? by David Roth Weiss on Jun 13, 2008 at 12:58:04 am [Katrina Mann] "Is my best bet to export 16:9 from an anamorphic sequenece? (Our footage is 16:9 HD.) I'm still learning DVD Studio Pro and haven't seen this very clearly explained yet." Always export using Quicktime Export -- current settings, which simply creates a file that exactly matches what is on timeline in the same resolution and format. In your case 16:9 HD anamorphic. Import that file into Compressor, select the Best DVD preset that suits the length of your video, and check to make sure the Aspect Ratio is set to 16:9 under the Encoder tab in the Inspector. It will encode an MPEG2 properly so that you can create a DVD that will display 16x9 on a widescreen monitor and letterboxed on a 4x3 monitor. Got it? David Roth Weiss Director/Editor David Weiss Productions, Inc. Los Angeles POST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index

	Re: Print to Video Question: Not 16x9 on my external monitor? by David Roth Weiss on Jun 23, 2008 at 8:48:47 am Hey Katrina, Give it a shot, but you're probably going to encounter many issues with interlacing that you may not have seen until now. How have you been monitoring? I'm heading to sleep now BTW, so I'll check back in the a.m. David David Roth Weiss Director/Editor David Weiss Productions, Inc. Los Angeles POST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™ A forum host of Creative COW's Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, and Indie Film & Documentary forums. Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index

	Re: Print to Video Question: Not 16x9 on my external monitor? by Rafael Amador on May 27, 2008 at 3:20:02 am The "squeezing" can be done by the playback machine (DVD) or by the monitor. In both cases the result is the same. Old DVD players can't do 16x9. You need to change the aspect in the TV set. VTR's do not understand of Anamorphic. There is not difference at all between a 4x3 or 16x9 SD video signal. Is just to different ways to do the vertical scanning of your screen. Is like writing a text in a paper letting more or less space between the lines. Mac OX 10.5.2-FC 6.02-QT 7.4.1 G5 2x2Gh 4GbRAM-BlackMagic Extreme PMBP 17"Core2Duo 4GbRAM-AJA ioHD JVC DTV-17" SONY EX-1 . SONY PD170 ..and always a big mess on top of the table. Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index

	Re: Print to Video Question: Not 16x9 on my external monitor? by Kevin Monahan on May 27, 2008 at 5:13:25 pm I learned something too. FHA is a term I am not familiar with. Dylan must be an engineering "type". PROPS! :-) Kevin Monahan www.fcpworld.com Author - Motion Graphics and Effects in Final Cut Pro Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index