Aspect Ratio changes Mid Shot ?

After cutting a 20 minute film on FCP exporting through Compressor (2 pass VBR) and compiling on DVDSP with an Aspect Ratio 4:3 and Standard Definition resolution, everything about the playback of the resulting DVD is fabulous except the it jumps (intermittantly) from 4:3 to 16:9.
Any clues how to remedy this problem?
Thanks in Anticipation,
Marv

Dang, I feel a little silly.
I've just worked out this is a compression problem.
I'll now put it to the hard core Compressor Users on their pages.
Thanx
Marv

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After cutting a 20 minute film on FCP exporting through Compressor 3.0 and finishing on DVDSP the final film looks great except it changes Aspect Ratio intermittantly and very randomly. Orignally I thought it changed from 4:3 to 16:9 but the Aspect changes are more subtle; like 4:3 to 5:4
The FCP Settings are
Frame Size - 720 x 576 Aspect Ratio CCIR 601 / DV PAL (5:4)
Pixel Aspect Ratio - PAL CCIR 601 (720 x 576)
Field Dominance - Lower (Even)
25 fps (I'm in Australia)
The Compressor Settting are (and this is SD DVD by the way)
Format - M2V
Width & Hieght - Auotmatic
Selected : 720 x 576
Pixel aspect ratio - PAL CCIR 601
Crop: None
25 fps
Aspect Ratio : Automatic
Selected: 4:3
Field Dominance: Auto
Selected: Bottom first
Average data rate: 6.2 (Mbps)
2 Pass VBR enabled
Max data rate: 7.7
High Quality
Best Motion estimation
Any clues as to what I'm doing wrong with Compressor?
Thanks in anticipation,
Marv

I solved my own question by exporting the project first as a QuickTime movie (not self-contained which is much slower & unnecessary for this task). I then put this through Compressor. Problem solved.
I found this answer by reading about similar questions on this forum & viewing a few tutorials on Compressor. Grateful thanks to this fantastic forum that seems tp answer any query I put to it.
Marv

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I have edited a short film shot entirely in 16:9 on a 4:3 timeline (unaware I was doing so). So when I export my "widescreen" film, it is a 4:3 video with black bars on the top and bottom. So what I thought was if I create a new project, use "DV-NTSC Anamorphic" with the Easy Setup option, and create a new sequence, my entire film will no longer have black bars at the top and bottom. It will just be a 16:9 video. Well, I was wrong. In the new setup, every single clip is "squished", and it looks like if I wanted to fix it, I'd have to go through every single clip, re-import it, and have an adjusted aspect ratio... and I don't want to do that. Is there an easier way?

How is the Aspect Ratio changing?
Was the shooting Mode changed on the camera, between scenes, say from Standard to Widescreen? That would be a change in PAR (Pixel Aspect Ratio), but would show up the difference in the Project.
Also, are you in PAL-land, or NTSC-land?
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Hi Hunt, no the shooting mode was the same - wide screen, dv cam pal

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Thanks, Stan.
I just posted a draft video on Youtube for a client last night. Not sure if viewing a clip of what I see will help you but I suspect it will.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_hzhCeCGR0
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I have used Photoshop 9 successfully for several years using a conventional 4:3 aspect ratio CRT monitor. I have just upgraded to a flat screen monitor which has a native resolution of 1920 x 1080pixels with a 16:9 aspect ratio.
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Thanks, Stan.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_hzhCeCGR0
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Ok, that makes sense. In fact I just did an export using 1440x1080 and it worked out perfectly. Thanks very much for all the information.
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Message was edited by: Ben Bloks

My edited clips changed to .mov. The deleted ones were already altered, so I am not sure wether that's the result of the editing (which is logic) or from the deletion (sounds strange to me). The untouched clips still have .DV and again that makes sense.
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