Fps in mpeg4 project

I have some H.264 mp4's that are neither 4:3 or 16:9, my aim is to convert them to mpg2 to watch on my TV with an eyehome. No issues during conversion, but I can only export to mpg2 at 4:3 or16:9 and my TV also works at these sizes. Depending which I choose they end up squashed one way or the other.
I had hoped to use imovie to import into an mpeg4 project, which I believe is fixed at 4:3 and will put black bands at top and bottom to retain the movies prospective. Trouble is the mpeg 4 project also seems fixed at 30 fps (even if I set my prefs to 25 fps), which is a problem since I am in the UK.
My current options appear to be mp4(25fps) to imovie proj exporting to an mp4(30 fps) and a final conversion to mpg2 at 25 fps. The trouble is there are too many conversions and the end product is jittery. (likely because of the fps changes)
I have toyed with going for a DV project at 25 fps and exporting to .dv and then to mpg2, but I feel this will also be too many conversions. (I'd opted for the mpeg4 option because the originals were also mpeg4)
Trouble is these experiments take hours, so any advice would be appreciated,

Create a 720X576 all black image. Open it using QT Pro, select all and "copy".
Switch to your mp4 file, select all and choose "Add to Selection & Scale" from the edit menu.
Open the Movie Properties window and adjust the "offset" and "scale" (if needed) of your other video track so that it is properly positioned.
Export to DV Stream (PAL).
You can test this theory using a one minute "cut" so you can see how long the entire process will take.

Similar Messages

Can't change fps in project properties

I can't change the fps in the project properties in Motion 3. I can change everything else, but that. It is stuck at 29.97 but I want it to be at 23.98. Even when I change the preset to, say, 720p24, the fps is still at 29.97. Is this a bug, or is their a magic setting to change somewhere else?

Oh boy! That's weird. I started a new NTSC Broadcast SD project, but the frame rate was still stuck to 29.97 (the frame rate field is not editable). So instead of changing the preset in the project properties, as I've done before, I tried your suggestion. I created a new project, but in an HD format that supported 24p. I chose the DVCProHD 720p24 setting, fortunately this time, the fixed in cement frame rate was at 23.98; I then immediately changed the preset back to NTSC Broadcast SD within the project properties, and whammo! SD res but the frame rate stayed at 23.98.
This is really, I mean really counter intuitive. Apple really did not think things through. Perhaps it's a programing logic issue... Who knows... it's still sloppy!
Thanks Mark for pointing me in the right direction.

How to make a new project in PAL?

I would like to make a new iMOVIE project in PAL instead of NTSC but can't change the settings. I put the new project frame rate in preferences on 25 fps, but new projects are still in NTSC.
Does anyone have an idea?
I made a whole project in iMOVIE and inserted in iDVD and was disappointed about the quality of the movies, especially the blurred titles. Is this due to the conversion from NTSC to PAL? Or I'm a missing something?
Thanks in advance

Welcome to iMovie Discussions.
Projects really depend on the kind of camcorder (..if that's how your material originated..) which you used for shooting the video ..though you can create photo-only projects in either system (NTSC or PAL).
As far as I remember, Australia uses the PAL system, so if you've an Australian camcorder it should inform iMovie that it's to be a PAL project when you connect the cam.
In iMovie's Preferences, under 'General', you can select the "frame rate" of a new project, and for PAL you'd select "25 fps". That applies to the next project you create.
Then, when you start any new project you get a small window which says:
Click on the little triangle next to "Video format" and choose the shape and format of your project:
If you change your Preference before starting a new project - so that the next one will be at 25 fps - and you start a new project, specify the format, and plug in a PAL camcorder, then your project really ought to be PAL, not NTSC!
(Note that in the pics above, my Mac defaulted to putting a new movie in the 'Pictures' folder ..I would, of course, change that to the 'Movies' folder!)
(..All the above applies, too, to projects consisting of, say, photos imported from iPhoto, created without using any 'movie' footage from a camcorder..)
P.S: A movie originating as NTSC, but burned as a PAL DVD - or vice versa - will look dreadful. Be sure to maintain the same system (PAL or NTSC) through the whole process.

Can I use XAVC-s 4K, AVCHD and Mpeg4 (Sony HDR CX900) in Première Pro CS6 in EUROPE?

I live in Belgium, Europe. I use a Sony DCR TR 64E high definition camera and want to upgrade to full HD 1920 x 1080. The Sony HDR CX900 videocamera uses different formats: XAVC-S 4K 50/25/24 fps, AVCHD 50/24/50i fps and MPEG4 1280x720 25 fps. Can I use all these formats in Première Pro CS6 and export it to DVD. Will Première accept these formats and will there be no conflicts exporting to DVD to be used in Europe?

Thank you, Kevin for your quick and helpfull reply.
It seems that we have to wait for the new presets such as XAVC, XAVC-S, 4k etc until Première Pro adds them in an upgrade.
So, is it correct to say that only AVCHD is left for full hd 1920x1080? For as much as I know, MPEG4 has only 1280x720. The remaining question is: how can I know, or setup the camera, to produce in AVCHD? And finally, will there be no conflict or loss of quality with European standard PAL for DVD which uses 25 fps, knowing that AVCHD uses 50, 24 and 50i?
I reply by e-mail, because I do not know how to reply to your answer in the Adobe forum. I am also not quite familiar with the rewarding points. Can you clarify this to me, because I want to give you some reward for your answer.
Thanks again.
[Email flotsam removed.]
Message was edited by: Jim Simon

Help! Audio for 16mm project, material to FCP and back again to 16mm

I am getting ready to send an AIFF file of the audio I created on FCP, working with video that was created from a 16mm to video transfer at my lab. They tell me the transfer was a non-drop frame transfer. The lab made a digital file from the transfer, which I imported into a FCP project with 23.98 sequence settings.
I want to compare the frame length of my WP to that of my video file so that I can determine how the audio house who will be transferring the AIFF to mag needs to compensate, and I am confused about how to measure the video file's frame length. If the sequence settings are at 23.98 fps, and the project runs from 1:00:05;12 to 1:11:49;08, to determine the frame length should I be assuming there are 24 frames per second or 30?
I don't have access anymore to the FCP so I can't check but a basic question is: if the sequence setting are set to 23.98fps, does that mean the timeline only has 24fps? When I convert at 30fps, my video file is 22 frames longer than my WP...
Thanks for any advice and questions--that all may be explained poorly...

When your project and sequence settings are at 23.98, it is for two main reasons. 1. ou are working with video footage shot at 23.98 and 2. you are working with film (24 fps), which was ultimately telecined to video which runs at 23.98. This is mainly implimented because you plan on either going back to a higher resolution "online" which you will be synching up the timecode with a better quality copy of the tape at a coloring house, or you will be using the edl from the 23.98 sequence to give to a negative cutter, so they can cut the negative correctly according to the timecode and how it links with the keycode.
I assume you are making a final product that will be on celuloid- an actual film print, not a video copy. is this correct?
Please clarify the following: did you shoot on film, get a telecine to a beta or dvcam, do you have a timecode burn-in on the tape and when you captured the clips into final cut, did you utilize Cinema Tools?
If you did run your clips through cinema tools, did you do it correctly (starting the process on the "aa" frame).
Is your project set to 23.98 or just your sequence? when you place captured clips onto the timeline do they have to be rendered? Is this a sync project or was it shot MOS?
And lastly, as I previously asked, are you sending all of your negative, the edl from FCP and the aiff to a negative cutter?

Scoring and audio post for a 24 fps cartoon

im sorry ive asked this question before. still having issues (old login name was locash)
I am scoring and doing audio post for an animated cartoon for tv.
Ive been given a 24fps (not 23.98) .mov edited in and outputted from final cut pro. its a cartoon and they edit and create in 24fps.
The editor also provided my with dialog tracks of each character in aiff format. outputted from fcp.
However when i bring in the .mov (my project set to 24fps) the dialog is out of sync by a number of frames. I have tried setting the sync to internal and external and both do not help.
Has anyone worked with 24fps .mov's and have experience with this?
when i convert the .mov to a dv stream in quicktime the dialog syncs up but they have trouble (obviously) when they lay it back (the mix) in fcp.
any help or advice with this or the workflow would be huge? the editor is open to trying anything.

if you have a the .mov from final cut pro, then you should use that played back internally with logic and quicktime. quicktime and logic will support 24 fps frame rates, but your dv video card most likely will not.
if the editor provided you with audio seperately, then you will have to sync them manually since the beginning of the fcp project and the beginning of the logic project may not be the same.
if you have converted the mov to dv, it may not compensate for the extra frame per second you have with dv. i would have thought that would be problematic. if you are playing back video at 25 fps that should be 24 fps then you will of course have syncing issues.
if you do not already have one, i would recommend getting a second monitor to playback the video on. have you got BITC (burnt in timecode) that has to be your absolute frame of reference.
you CAN work at 25 fps with a project that has been shot at 24, and in fact that is how it is generally (or at least it used to be) done. when it is telecined, the 24 fps are very cleverly averaged. i don't know how they do it but the image is immaculate. it is then edited at 25 fps, the sound is worked on at 25 fps, but it is eventaully laid back on to film that will play back at 24 fps. after all a second is a second.
you can get a playout of fcp onto VHS PAL or NTSC then you can work at those frame rates although there will inevitably be drift, which is why your BITC is so crucial. its generally ok for composers because the work is fragmented into bite size chunks where drift is negligible. if you are doing audio post as well i would recommend sticking to 24 fps and playing back internally.

Low FPS of videos i put in iMovie

Whenevert i put a peice of my videos into the actual imove movie maker part, it lowers the fps of the video by quite a fair bit. How do i stop this from happening? The fps of it is fine when im just looking at it in the imovie part before it is actually part movie, but as soon as i put it in there the fps lowers so much. How do i stop this!
Please help
Thanks

If you are using imovie 10 the fps of a project is determined by the fps of the first clip you add.
What fps are your clips and what does it reduce to?
Geoff.

Vob Import Question in Premiere Pro CS4 4.1

Hello,
Prior to posting, I read numerous posts related to importing vob files in Premiere. None of them seemed to address the particular problem I am experiencing, and I was hoping to find an answer here in the forums. Here's what I am attempting to accomplish:
1) Export the vob files (there are 4 of them) from a commercial movie DVD to hard disk
2) Import the vob files into a Premiere Pro CS4 4.1 project
3) Build a sequence out of the 4 vob files
4) Replace the sound in two very short segments to eliminate profane language so that my children may watch the movie
5) Import the sequence into Encore CS4 and burn a standard DVD
I was successful in all of the above steps 1-5. So what's the problem? I noticed, when viewing the output DVD, that at a certain point (only a single point) in the movie, the sound was garbled and the frames got 'wonky' (a technical term I picked up from Deke McClelland). My first assumption, was that I had messed something up somewhere in my editing process. When I navigated to the problematic time in my Premiere project, I saw that there was a problem in that at a certain point, the video would flicker, after which the audio would be out of sync with the video and would remain so until the end of the sequence. If instead, I simply navigated within the sequence to a few seconds past where the problematic frames seemed to be, all would be well (audio and video in sync). So, this means to me, that at the point where the problematic frames seem to be, Premiere has trouble interpreting them, and from that point on, the sequence is affected. If the seemingly problematic frames are skipped, then Premiere does not enter its bad state.
The next troubleshooting step was to start afresh, and see if the problem existed prior to making any edits to the sequence (i.e. steps 1-3 above). The problem still existed.
The next troubleshooting step was to see if a media player exhibited the same behavior as Premiere. So I took the same vobs and viewed them with Windows Media Player 11. There was no problem viewing the exact same vob in Media Player 11 that essentially is not viewable in Premiere Pro CS4 4.1. Hmm.
The next troubleshooting step was to see if an encoding program would exhibit the same behavior as Premiere. I imported the same vobs into TmpEnc, and when viewing them, no problems were exhibited.
Although not conclusive, it appears that there is a bug in Premiere Pro CS4 4.1.
Another problem that I noticed with vobs, is that sometimes, Premiere Pro CS4 4.1 does not recognize the proper frame rate of a standard DVD vob file, e.g. given 5 vobs that comprise a single movie, the first vob is shown as simply a video file (i.e. no audio at all) @ 29.97 fps in the Project panel, but the subsequent 4 vobs are recognized correctly as having both audio and video @ 23.976 fps. As before, I validated that the apparently problematic vob (from the Premiere Pro CS4 4.1 point of view) renders/plays perfectly fine in other applications (i.e. no audio or video problems). I attempted to use 'Interpret Footage' to rectify the problem with the vob, and when I type in 23.976 fps, it takes it, but then displays in the Project panel as 23.98 fps. It didn't fix the problem, but I was wondering if diplaying 23.976 as 23.98 (as opposed to 23.976 which is shown for the non-problematic vobs) is another problem.
Thanks much for any and all help,
Matt
My system specs, if needed:
OS - Vista Ultimate SP2, x64, fully updated
CPU - Xeon e5440 x 2
RAM - 16 Gb
Master Collection CS4 with all updates installed

Welcome to the forum.
Now, you have several problems, but most are with your choice of equipment and your workflow, not your choice of an NLE.
I took a wedding video from 1990 on a VCR tape and turned it to digital via a Dazzle hardware unit that plugs into the computer. It gives me vob files with no menus or anything like that
Few people have ever been able to get a Dazzle to work. This is true, even with the Pinnacle software, that often comes with it. It is an AVID product now, as they bought Pinnacle, and if you can get it to work at all, you are ahead of 99% of all owners. Stop by the Pinnacle fora and type in Dazzle. You will get the idea quickly.
A far better workflow would be to use a VHS player, hooked to an A-D device, like the Canopus/Grass Valley 110, or their 300. Use the Edius software that comes with it, to Capture DV-AVI Type II files w/ 48KHz 16-bit Audio. There will be zero OOS issues.
Most other equipment and workflows are kludges and seldom work at any level.
A good workman does not blame his tools. He might blame his choice of tools, but not the tools. Unfortunately, you chose a piece of hardware that doesn't usually work with the included software, and are blaming a great NLE program, because you are trying to work with horribly bad footage.
Please do yourself a favor. Donate the Dazzle to Goodwill, and look at the Canopus/Grass Valley 110. The price differential is not that great, and you will keep all of your hair.
Good luck,
Hunt
PS just did 34 VHS tapes via the above suggestions (some LP and some EP), and got many hours of usable footage. Not one glitch. No OOS. Every file edited perfectly in PrPro and I delivered 15 DVD-5's, that the client loved. I paid for a Canopus 300 with just my time on one project.
PPS, please see my post #5 for a link to an article on VOB files.
Message was edited by: the_wine_snob Added PPS

Motion 4 and MacBook Pro with integrated nVidia 9400M Grapichs?

Hi. I wonder if somebody has experience using Motion 4 (and/or other motion graphics software)with a MacBook Pro 13" or 15" with integrated nVidia 9400M Graphics.
So far I know those laptops are very good for video editing and Photoshop, but I don't still know about people that animate with them.
Thanks for your answers!

Heya Mark,
Thank you for responding. The information provided leaves a lot to consider. Personally I would consider frequent solo layers or lack of expectance for realtime performance for anything moderately complex in HD comparative to simple, minimal Motion projects as originally stated. But everyone has their own opinion I suppose...
Checked out the first few seconds of your linked reel - pretty cool. Like most reviewing reels I only looked at the first 15 seconds since I consider that the just of the reel. Then I went back and re-watched and I was especially interested in the West Marine flag. Nice fluttering of the flag - produced using only Motion? So you produced that solely on the MBP described in your post? What was the FPS on the project file? Have a project file with included media to download for testing?
Best regards,
OP,
With my profession I use many different systems/configurations on a daily basis. So yes; I have tested the performance on comparative configurations. Cinema 4D does not = Motion and "pretty good" is an opinionated statement. Much like "acceptable" or any other opinion you will receive from your inquiry that begs the opinions from others that may omit specific hardware and/or project configurations comparative to your consideration. Maybe you should try going to a Apple store and testing a project yourself on the machine you're considering... Just a thought.
Yeah your MBP will work - it's just that there's better machines out there can produce better results. If your consideration is the best that you can get for your budget then you'll get the best performance that you can get. I described it as "acceptable". If it's a black/white, yes/no question of whether your MBP consideration will work with Motion then the answer is yes. Otherwise you're asking for an opinion that may contain uncertainty. That's the deal. Best of luck on your hardware choice. I hope it works out for you! The lack of responses tells a tale for me. If this thread was flooded with responses form others saying "yeah the 13" MBP with integrated gfx card works GREAT with Motion" then I might consider the hardware. But two responses saying "acceptable" and "surprising amount" tells me that there's not much to hope for. If you're surprised by the results that your hardware performs at then you should not expect much from the get-go. I expect high performance from Mac Pro - I'm not surprised by its performance.

Shaking images

Hello,
Lately I seem to have some difficulties with my videos. I shoot my video's in 720P at 30 fps. New projects I make in NTSC-AVCHD-AVCHD LITE 720p30.
Most of the time I work with two video tracks. One for the interview and the other one to use for lapping images. As you can see in this video: http://youtu.be/Ug06bYE0w3o the images put in track 2 are shaking a little bit. Though it was all recorded on a steady tripod. Does anyone know how I can resolve this? Do I have to get rid of the images on track 1 underneath the lapping images on track 2?
Best regards.
Rut

I'm sorry, then. I don't know what would cause this shakiness.
Although, when I watch your video, I can't see the shakiness -- so it must not be too bad!
Try these output settings when creating video for YouTube. It may give you better results.
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/623549?tstart=0

Title Problem - Always Over Black

I'm trying to add a title to a clip I exported from iPhoto. I've unchecked the Over Black box and dragged it onto the clip time line. As it renders, the little image shows it being rendered correctly - over the top of the video.
However, when it's finished rendering it's always over black. Instead of being displayed over the video, it seems to overwrite the video as well, as the clip it's supposed to be showing over starts playing again half way through the clip after the title has vanished.
What's going on? And how do I get it to show over the video clip?
I need this video for tomorrow evening, so any help you can give me would be much appreciated.

Hi Sue, (and baker.. Sue asked me to join..)
just made a quick'n dirty test... and indeed, my assumption confirmed:
a project 'mpeg4' does NOT allow a title over video, same project as 'dv' works smooth as silk...
iPhoto slideshows are exported, for reasons nobody knows except one, two programmers at Apple, only in 'mpeg4' format..
when you drag'n drop the exported slideshow into a 'dv' project, iM/QT has to convert quite a while, but then iM offers all features...
summary:
no titles over pic in 'mpeg4' projects ..
(okay, iM is mainly meant as DV-editor... )

Frame rate problems with Apple Intermediate Codec.

Hi,
I have just upgraded to a new Mac Pro and FCE 4.1.
I went to carry on working with an existing FCE HD file. It loaded and updated fine.
When the project was played back it appeared jumpy and too fast.
I looked at the clip properties and the FPS for the project was at 32!! I'm working in 25 fps.
Its as if FCE is interpreting the movie files as 32 FPS
When the clips are played back in quicktime they are at 25 fps as normal.
The clips are AIC 1440 x 1080i.
I tried it on a new project and the same thing happened.
Other codecs like DV seem to be OK.
Has anyone had this problem before and know of a solution.
I have done all the usual disk repairs and the like. Next will be a re-install.

Hi(Bonjour)!
It's a must to use the correct setup in easy setup dialog to fit your shooted material on tape.
Here's the trail to follow if you want to edit in HD (by the way the FX1Ecan shoot in HD mode or standard definition DV- mode: wide or standard screen).
On your FX1E
-find the camera menu and set the recording format to HDV (it sould be 1080i50 as it's the HDV format used by this model).
-Set the output format to automatic or 1080i50 (this is the type of signal that will be outputed by your camcorder upon capture via firewire).
-turn off you camcorder and mac.
-Plug both devices with a firewire cable.
-turn on the FX1E AND the mac.
-Start FCE HD
In Final Cut Express HD
-Use "Easy Setup..." command in Final Cut express menu , select HD in format tab, 29.97 in rate tab and HDV-Apple Intermediate Codec 1080i50. Click "Setup" button.
-From this point, any new sequences and capture session will occur in Apple Intermediate Codec 1080i50 (the format used to edit in HDV).
-Use command-8 to open the capture window. HDV is captured via a simple dialog. There are no capture setings or log clips info.
-Start your camcorder in *VCR mode*(the play button on camcorder or on remote) and click the capture now button into FCE HD.
NOTES: there is no sound from your MAC upon capturing. There is a lag time between what is played on your cam and what you can see on your mac screen, so use the camcorder screen to monitor the content.
-Hit the "ESC" key when you want to stop the capturing process.
Once the esc key is pressed, your mac will continu to process the captured material and the capture window should close.
That's the way to capture HDV material into FCE HD.
Michel Boissonneault

Source and Preview Monitors are Jittery

I've been getting some really bad screen flicker in my preview and source monitors in Premiere CS4. It feels like a frame rate or frame conversion issue, since it seems to flicker between frames (kind of back and forth, like it can't decide which frame it should be on). This has never been an issue for me before, either with CS3, or the project I just finished with in CS4.
All the footage is HVX200 MXF files shot at 720p (anamorphic) and 23.976 fps. The project settings match the footage exactly (CS4 has a default profile for this footage). This was not a problem a week ago with another project I was working on that had all the same settings and was shot with the exact same camera at the exact same settings (as far as I know).
When I export, the problem no longer exists and the footage looks amazing, but for some reason just the in-software monitors are causing it.
I am running Windows XP SP3, with an ATI Radeon 4830 graphics card.

I need to make a slight correction. The flicker is, in fact, there in the previous CS4 project that I mentioned. I just didn't notice it as much since there was far less movement in it.

Why when almost completed editing a video on imovie have half the clips developed narrow screen aspect exhibiting grey band top and bottom of each clip?

Why when almost completed editing a video on imovie, have almost half the clips developed narrow aspect - the rest is still widescreen? The faulty clips have developed grey bands top and bottom.

Tried to duplicate the situation.
Most probably I got it wrong but when adding in
• a photo in 16x9 then I get a black letterbox-ing
• an 16x9 video taken from a small compact digital Camera and in wrong frames per seconds (30fps) in a PAL (25fps) project - I get this gray banding too. Strange
May be it has to do with matching different fps in same project - never liked to do that as quality usually suffers and it goes jumpy.
I use JES_Deinterlacer to get all my material into the same standard first - not letting iMovie or iDVD do that conversion as that gives ME BAD RESULT.
Someone with clear knowledge on this - Please feel free to fill in and correct.
Yours Bengt W

Reduced DVD image size with HD to SD footage in Encore

Using CS5, when I encode an SD sequence from Premiere to Encore, all works well. When I downconvert an HD project through AME it looks fine and shows full screen in Encore, but when I burn a DVD and play it, I get a reduced size image in the center of the screen.
I'm shooting 1080 24p with a Panasonic HPX170 camcorder. I create Microsoft AVI files using On Location.
I use a Matrox MXO2 Mini with Max display unit, so I'm using these Premiere project settings:
Matrox HD
1990x1080
[email protected]
I'm exporting the Premiere timeline using the recommended settings in the Jeff Bellune CS4 tutorial for converting Premiere HD footage to SD for DVD burning
FORMAT: MPEG2-DVD
PRESET NTSC 23.976p Widescreen High Quality
VBR 2 PASS
Maximum Render Quality
Min bit rate 2.8
Target bit rate 7
Max bit rate 8
GOP SETTINGS M frames 3 N frames12
Audio 48 kh PCM 16 bits
Multiplexer NONE
When I render files and build a project with Encore, the timeline and menu image appears full screen in the Encore monitor.
When I burn the project to DVD, it displays properly in letterbox on a standard def tv.
But, when I play the DVD on an HDTV, I get a great looking picture in proper aspect ratio, but it displays at about 3/4 size in the center of the screen with black surrounding it. I can change the display setting on the HDTV to 'Zoom" and fill the screen with the picture without distortion.
I have the same issue creating footage at 1080i 60 fps and 1080p 30 fps and building projects with appropriate settings in Premiere and Encore.
I'm wondering if I'm missing a setting in AME or Encore. I thought I'd followed Jeff Bellune's excellent instructions on HD to SD settings in AME to the letter.
I'd like to create DVDs that will play full screen on HDTVs and in letterbox on standard def TVs without viewers having to change the settings on their HDTVs.
FYI, I'm shooting in HD, partially to get really clean keys during the edit, using the Ultra keyer in Premiere. This works great.
Thanks for any assistance.

Jeff,
I went back and checked all the PAR settings and looked at the monitors in 100% mode. Didn’t solve the problem, but here’s what I found.
I’m using an avi film clip shot at 1080 24p on the Panasonic HPX170P.
In CS5 Premiere, I checked the interpret footage setting on the clip.
It read: Pixel Aspect Ratio: DVCPROHD(1.5)
I right clicked the timeline to see its properties and saw: PAR 1.5.
When I checked the monitor at 100% it zoomed in to a close-up of the middle of the image, compared to a full-screen image in “fit.”
In AME, I used the settings from your Scaling HD to SD using CS4 tutorial and the 1080 24p option.
When I changed the monitor view to 100% and switched back and forth between SOURCE and OUTPUT views, the SOURCE view was tightly zoomed into the center of the frame, and the OUTPUT view was slightly zoomed in, only losing a bit of the sides of the frame. Unchecking "Aspect Ratio Correction" squeezed both source and output monitor images horizontally. I rechecked "Aspect Ratio Correction."
I imported the encoded clip into Encore and checked its PAR.
The PAR was set to “SQUARE 1.0”
The 100% view in the monitor was just slightly zoomed in from the “fit” view.
I tried changing the PAR on the clip in the project window to “Conform to:SD NTSC WIDESCREEN 1.2121.”
This did not change the 100% monitor view.
I saved the project and burned a DVD, but saw no change in the menu or clip size. Still small image centered.
Next I changed the PAR on the clip in the Encore project window to: “Conform to Anamorphic 1.333.”
This shrank the 100% view to show a letterbox view of the clip, showing the entire clip image.
I saved the project and burned a DVD. On the DVD, the menu appeared unchanged, still small and centered. The clip played in full 4:3 aspect ratio, not distorted, with the edges side cropped.
Any other PAR settings I missed I should access and change?
Any additional things for me to try?

Fps in mpeg4 project

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for