Widescreen 16:9 Dv-Pal

I’ve found a simple solution about managing anamorphic 16:9 Dv-Pal clips in iMovie and iDvd.
Thanks to Matti Haveri and Klaus1 for their basic indispensable suggestions.
The problem.
Big difficulties to stream in 16:9 hiQ, either files .dv saved into hard disk, either files .dv converted in .vob (mpeg2) on a Dvd.
If you export your clips from iMovie, those clips don’t have the 16:9 flag, so they work as 4:3 (squashed) with QuickTime or loading them into a iDvd project.
The solution for Dvds.
Open a 16:9 project in iDvd and import one or plus iMovie 16:9 projects. NOT exported clips, but iMovie PROJECTS. As you’ll see, clips show wide correctly.
Dv-Pal 16:9 clips backup.
Exporting from iMovie ad saving .dv files (hiQ) on a Dvd-rom is useful for future jobs.
When you want to watch those clips in QuickTime, you need to resize them from 720 to 1050 wide in QTpro, Window/Show Movie Properties/Video Track/Visual Settings, cheching also hi-quality and de-interlace (but don’t re.save file, that’s only for temporary streaming on Mac).
If you need to use those clips in a new iDvd project, don’t load them directly. Load them in a iMovie project, then save it, and finally import in iDvd the iMovie project.
Thank you all.
Best.
mbu
imac g5 intel Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Thanks so much you guys - yep, that fixed it. The import after interpretation fixed the issue and I have a beautiful integrated freeze frame in the correct aspect. Thanks also Colin for the TIFF solution.
Now as to who gets the "Correct Answer" points? You will agree, that three helpful and correct answers all within about 5 minutes of each other should warrent equal thanks - don't you agree? If I click "Helpful Answer" for all three of you, will that work? Will the system allow this?
If not, then please accept my thanks and appreciation. I'll let God sort it out later

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YouTube Widescreen PAL DV Format - Right Setting?

This is not a question, but having seen a few postings here in the forum (and in YouTube Help) I thought it might be useful to publish my own findings in order to help others looking to place PAL Widescreen 16:9 DV Format 720x576 onto YouTube.
I have just spent 12 hours doing battle with the codecs in AME (Adobe Media Encoder) and what appeared to be a very unco-operative YouTube. I have read and re-read the topics on the subject still not knowing what the right setting is for DV PAL Widescreen 16:9 720x576 ( if there really is a definitive setting). What's more the instructions to leave the output the same as the input (in my case) proved to be way off beam. Hopefully, I can save someone their hair and and a night without sleep.
The material:
PAL Widescreen 16:9 DV Format 720x576 shot on a Sony HVR-ZE in DV SP. A small amount of material was shot in HD but down-converted (via the camera) to DV 16:9 format (no artifacts are visible in the final). Editing was in AVI with a number of renders for colour balance, levels, audio et al. News-type item running about 2 mins.
The Codec:
Like most, I went to the AME presets and started with Windows Media Video, always a safe bet I thought, and selected PAL Widescreen Source to High Quality Output (well you would, wouldn't you?), and besides the file size will be quite reasonable. Nope, YouTube didn't like that one bit - extremely poor definition, stretched and quite sick looking, even though the Windows Media Player loved it - correct aspects and quality.
After about an hour of fiddling, I then moved to H.264. I'd had success with PAL DV 4:3 aspects and learned that you must keep the output the same as the input - and what's more there are YouTube presets SD & HD. Again no luck, still quite awful and not a scratch on my edited final. But the Quicktime player (like the Wiundows Media Player) loved it. So those presets were out too. What followed was a long night trying different combinations of presets, aspects and just about everythinjg I could think of.
The Solution (for me):
Without getting into the aspect ratio debate of square pixels which has been well covered by more knowledgable persons than I, it was simply working through the issue which brought the light on.
What I had in effect from the DV format was not 720x576 which I stuck to throughout based upon passed experience, but 1440 by virtue of it being widescreen. So clutching nothing more than that concept the following morning (after some sleep) and recognising that YouTube looked like it was stretching the 720 format I went to H.264 and the 1440x1080i 25 High Quality preset. I thought if the YouTube player wants to stretch my 720x576 format then I thought let's see what it makes of a bigger mouthful to chew on. Also having got quite tired of waiting for the entire item to upload eveytime, I made a widescreen test project (DV PAL Widescreen 16:9) with just three shots in it.
On my first test of 1440x1080i 25 High Quality preset, Aspect Ratio: Square Pixels, Progressive, I uploaded to YouTube. Success! So I quickly set about uploading my main project - but no - it looked absolutely rubbish again - what is going on? GSpot gave no indications as to a problem (in fact I find this piece of software quite unhelpful with its false positives).
I uploaded my test project again, and the result was poor - again! Poor definition, like it had the wrong aspect setting.
I decided to close Premiere Pro and then start it up. Went into the test project and saved with the settings above (as they were the only ones that gave me success after hours of trying many others), but one thing I was careful not to do was to click around the settings - straight in and do it! Uploaded, and success again! Now I had my benchmark - and what's more, after a few minutes I saw the YouTube HD button come up and the HD tag alongside my video entry. I downloaded the MP4 file using the YouTube "Download" button - now I felt I was getting somewhere as this was my "control" sample.
I went through the same process with my main project - reloaded it into PP4 and set the settings H.264, 1440x1080i 25 High Quality preset, Aspect Ratio: Square Pixels, Progressive, in AME and started the queue. The total file for a 1min 40sec item was about 176MB. I uploaded to Youtube.
After about 10 minutes YouTube said "Live". I played the video - rubbish! But wait. The video started to improved on my next play - infact, after about 5 minutes the video was looking great. After 15 minutes or so the HD button came up. Hooray! I have my project on YouTube in the quality as near as to how it was shot.
Whether YouTube had been going through some HD issues at the time I have no idea; whether AME had really selected the right settings even though it said it had, or whether I had not given YouTube time to fully process, all I know is that I now have a repeatable solution to uploading DV PAL Widescreen to YouTube which reproduces my video as near to the original as it will be. But most important, if you are uploading a very large file, allow YouTube time to fully process the video. Often YouTube says "Live" but is still processing. The processing time can go on long after the "Live" message comes up.
Hope this helps someone else?

the DV format was not 720x576 which I stuck to throughout based upon passed experience, but 1440 by virtue of it being widescreen.
As a point of interest, anamorphic PAL DV translates to 1024 x 576 in square pixels. 1440 is the HD anamorphic equivalent.

Export Media Question re H.264 PAL DV Widescreen High Quality

Using Premiere Pro CS4.
Why is the movie that I export being squashed into the 4:3 (tall and skinny) syndrome when I export using the following settings and view in Quicktime Player 7.6?
I captured the video straight from my video camera as DV AVI PAL 720 x 576 (1.4587).
I export the media as follows:
Format: H.264
Preset: PAL DV Widescreen High Quality
Summary - PAL, 720 x 576, 25FPS
It seems to be only happening with my .mp4 exports!? i.e. the 16:9 ratio is perfect when I export to Microsoft AVI.
The really bizarre thing is I uploaded a squashed looking video to my Vimeo account and it displayed correctly (16:9) after processing! Why then doesn't it play correctly in Quicktime Player?
Am I missing something in the Quicktime Player settings?
Please help!

Here is how to correct this issue in the QT file permanently so it opens in a QT player correctly .
Open your mov in QT Pro
Show Movie Properties (Ctrl-J)
Click on Video Track
Click on Visual Settings Tab
Un check the Preserve Aspect Ratio box
(Here is where you now need to do some math to change the 4x3 to 16:9 ratio)
Divide the Vertical Pixel Dimension by 1.78 and enter the result in the Vert Dimension box
Ensure the Preserve Aspect Ratio box is UNCHECKED
Hit Tab key and notice the image in the QT window change.
In the QT Window Menu - File>Save (Save is important!)
Heres an example:
QT movie Original is 320x240
Divide 240 x1.78 ( ie. 240/1.78=134)
Bingo!

Exporting from PP CS3 to Encore CS3 defaults to PAL project settings!

I am trying to export about an hour of edited HDV video to Encore, and no matter what I try, the project settings after exporting into Encore is set to PAL and not NTSC. Encore does not allow me to change the settings back to NTSC. I have set all the export settings in Premiere to confirm NTSC is set in the encoding settings. I have tried to change all the default preferences in Encore to NTSC, but still when I export from Premiere, the project settings turns up as PAL. The work around is to export the movie seperately, then import it in Encore with new project settings set to NTSC, but I lose all my chapter information. Anybody else run into this?

Authoring Mode really only governs the size of the Preview window. When you export to BD, DVD, or Flash, Encore will transcode any media that is not legal for the export format.
So in your case, if you burn to Blu-ray, Encore will not transcode your video (if it is an elementary stream); if you burned to DVD, Encore would transcode your video to SD widescreen (720x480/576 NTSC/PAL).

Using TV to view slideshow

Help! Can anyone advise where I may be going wrong? I'm trying to view a photo slideshow on my TV using the Component AV cable, but all I get is a blank TV screen.
I've got a digital TV (so I don't think that's the problem), I've connected the blue, green and red VIDEO wires into the back of the TV into the corresponding sockets (labelled "Component") and connected up the AUDIO wires as well. I've turned the iPhone on, selected a slideshow and all I get is a blank TV. And yes, I have turned on the TV!!!!
I've tried switching between PAL and NTSC (in the "TV Out" menu under "Settings") but that doesn't seem to make any difference.
Can anyone help?
Thank you
MPP35

You can indeed view a photo slideshow from your iPhone on a TV.
Connect you iPhone to your TV using the appropriate cable (component AV in your case). Make sure your TV is set to the correct input (AV4 on my TV). Switch on the iPhone and select the Photos app. Select the album you wish to view and tap the Play symbol at the bottom of the screen. The slideshow should now appear on your TV screen.
As far as settings go, mine are as follows:
Settings - iPod - TV Out
Widescreen ON
TV Signal PAL (I live in a PAL region).
The above works for me. Possible suggestions as to why it's not working for you:
Have you got the correct cable?
Is it plugged into the correct sockets on your TV?
Have you actually tapped play? In my experience still photos don't show up on the TV but the slideshow does.
Sorry I can't be of any more help. Good luck.
Patch

Why is the quality of the DVD not as good as original mpeg layer 3

I have produced a wedding album slideshow in keynote (this allows me the 'flop' transition giving the appearance of the pages being turned)
I tried exporting staring into iDVD but the slideshow quality was awful on the DVD.
I have now tried exporting it from keynote as H264 1920 x 1080, mpeg layer 3. This produces a very hi quality quicktime movie (about 200mb)
From there I have tried importing it into iMovie at widescreen and then sending to iDVD, outputting at professional quality. I've also tried dragging it straight into iDVD.
Resulting DVD is awful and more blobby than pixelated. The intro generated by iDVD is fine however.
Any ideas on what I am doing so wrong?
Please help, I'm doing this as a favour for a friend.
Kosh

DVDs are low resolution devices by todays standards; only about 648x480 pixels for NTSC discs.
Image size for iDVD slideshows should be: NTSC standard 720x540 pixels, widescreen 854x480 pixels. PAL standard 720x540 pixels, widescreen 854x480 pixels. Going to larger images won't help and can make things worse.

American Apple TV compatibility

Hi All,
I have a question about purchasing Apple TV - In two weeks I fly to New York and was thinking of buying one over there (due to good exchange rate) - my question is, if I do purchase an American Apple TV will it work fine back home in the UK and be compatible with TV and Mac?
Cheers
Gary

DaFlake wrote:
I am an American living in Germany and I can tell you that it absolutely is not irrelevant. I have Sky TV (British) and tried to use my American TV only to find that I needed a TV that could do PAL.
PAL/NTSC is relevant to devices that specifically output one or the other, and to displays that can display one or more of these formats.
AppleTv can output a variety of formats, and the only concern is if the Tv in question can accept component/HDMI input (and is a widescreen set). The PAL/NTSC business is essentially of no significance with a modern TV.
AppleTv also has 50hz modes (I assume for strict PAL stes) if you want to use them but I have no problems using the near 60Hz standard output on my sets.
I bought a multi system TV for this. My Apple TV (bought from Amazon) displays NTSC but I do not think that it will work on a PAL TV, the tuners will be different. My CD players are the same, they broadcast NTSC only. Frankly, I would not risk it on an item that I can't return.
DVD players and VHS players are a different kettle of fish.
AC

The end of jagged edges in iMovie using stills

It took an astonishing 14 months, but I have finally beaten the dreaded jagged edge quality issue in iMovie when using still photos. If you're reading this, you're a sufferer. How could the software be so bad as to ruin every picture you put in there? It's all about knowing the settings, and that can be difficult without some help.
It feels as though I've really gone through the mill with this programme, but here's your fix - or at least, a fix that worked for me.
Initially, I was using the first version of iMovie and the first version of OSX. In that environment I found the problem unsolvable. I didn't get anywhere until I upgraded to Panther (10.3.9) and iMovie HD 5.0.2. Here there are many more options and settings, but it is still a minefield. I tried almost every setting there is, and have the 'coasters' to prove it.
My fix is for widescreen. Choose HDV720P. Select your frame rate in the preferences box at 25 (which is PAL for use in the UK) And that's it. It produces a stable, high quality movie where all the effects available work perfectly - and no jagged edges!
If, as I do, you use Photo to Movie for more adventurous multiple pan and scans for sections of your movie, export from that software using 'higher quality' on rendering, select 16.9 widescreen, and DV stream PAL as your export format. This stops iMovie from trying to resample it, and very possibly giving a choppy or jerky movement to your imports. Using the above settings will give a perfect result, and you can freely use iMovie's transitions to join an imported item to footage created in iMovie.
I've now produced many very successful movies on these settings. It works for me, I really hope it works for you. iMovie can drive you up the wall when it doesn't give the results you know it can be capable of.
Quicksilver G4 Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Thanks for the idea, Steve. I like working with the HDV 720P high def projects for slideshows too. The quality is awfully nice to work with and it delivers projects that will work far better with tomorrow's hardware. Although we can't burn HD DVDs yet, hopefully that day will come soon, and the HDV slideshows we create today will look very good on the HDTVs we own tomorrow. They look good today, but they will look even better tomorrow.
It should be noted, however, that it's not necessary to create an HDV project to avoid the jaggies on still images. The cause of the jaggies in DV projects -- the type of projects we mostly make -- is well known and can be avoided. It doesn't require third-party software like Photo to Movie, but it does require avoiding a bug.
iMovie adds the jaggies after we press the Create iDVD Project button in the iDVD tab of iMovie. When that button is pressed, iMovie will ask permission to render any UN-rendered clips, including any unrendered KB images. If you grant permission to render, iMovie adds the jaggies while rendering those images.
If the clips have been previously rendered by Ken Burns, or if you refuse permission to render after pressing the button so iDVD renders them later, you don't get the jaggies.
I use Ken Burns to render images as they are imported, which it does with great quality. Once rendered, iMovie won't ask to render those images again. One reason I render with Ken Burns is so I can grant iMovie to render OTHER clips when it asks permission.
Ken Burns will render the image if the KB checkbox is turned ON when the image is imported. So turning on the checkbox avoids the bug.
If the checkbox isn't on when you import an image, you can select that KB clip in the timeline later, turn the checkbox ON, and Update the image.
Regrettably, once iMovie has added jaggies to clips they cannot be repaired. It's necessary to re-import the image and discard the flawed clip.
Karl

Old Pixel Aspect from CS3 available in CS4 and 5 ? Here is How to!!!

Hi Folks,
for everybody, who wants top work with the old good pixel aspect ratios (pal widescreen - 1.42 or pal dv - 1.07) should read this thread.
For a discussion about if this modifikation is useful and correct, we should start another thread. Here is only, what you can do, if you want the old goood pixel aspects back in your settings.
This is NOT only the disable pixel aspect correction, that is explained in some threads. This modification gives you selectable settings.
The only thing you have to do is to search for the "interpretation rules.txt" You find it in your installionpath.
For Windows: C:\ProgramFiles\Adobe\Adobe After Effects\supportFiles\
For Mac : it should be the same one.
Open the "interpretation rules.txt" and insert following lines
#Custom PAR The good old CS3
0,0,0,"0000",*=768/720/"D1/DV PAL (CS3)", *, *, *, *, *
0,0,0,"0000",*=64/45/"D1/DV PAL 16:9 (CS3)", *, *, *, *, *
0,0,0,"0000",*=648/720/"D1/DV NTSC (CS3)", *, *, *, *, *
0,0,0,"0000",*=6/5/"D1/DV NTSC 16:9 (CS3)", *, *, *, *, *
I placed the 5 lines under the first 2 parts of NTSC and PAl Rules. But I am sure you can also write it down at the end. The Line beginnig with # is only a comment line. After Effects gives you now 4 new selectable pixel aspects in your composition settings - like in this picture:
Be careful if you are a windows user (win7 or vista) you have to manage the right settings of the file to be able to save your changes.
Hope it is helpful for you. Enjoy.
Best regards
Robert Kreuz
Munich| Germany
www.feuerundauge.com

Also see this article from Chris Meyer.
Further information about the new, corrected pixel aspect ratios is collected here.

Photoshop touch Project file not recognised

Hi
I have been working on a photoshop touch project with several photos as layers, it has been fine for a few weeks, but today it won't allow me to open it - it says not a valid photshop touch project. Other projects i have created are fine. So i recreated it, but when i saved it and reopened it it also gave the same error. Please help - thank you
I am using smasung galaxy note 10.1

Rachel
I am very confused with the answers that you have gotten to your question. So, all, show me the error of my ways as I respond to what I think Rachel asked.
Rachel, you say that you are working with a Sony DVD Camcorder. DVD Camcorder's record to a DVD disc in the camcorder, not to a hard drive in the camcorder (like in Hard Drive Camcorder). So this is the typical scenario for getting your video into Premiere Elements in that situation. You did not mention what version of Premiere Elements that you are using, so I will assume Premiere Elements 7 for now.
Place your DVD disc from the camcorder in your computer's DVD burner drive tray. Open Premiere Elements 7, Get Media, and the the category "DVD (Camcorder or PC DVD Drive)". In the Media Downloader that opens use the Advanced Form of the dialog to import the VOBs from the DVD disc into Premiere Elements that is set with a project preset (new project dialog) = NTSC DV Standard or Widescreen, depending the camcorder setting for standard or widescreen. (Use the PAL counterpart if you are in a PAL region).
That works for most users quality wise. For some it does not. Then the typical route is to use the free program MPEG Streamclip to convert the DVD content to DV AVI. Then you bring the DV AVI verison into Premiere Elements (project preset as described above) with Get Media/Files & Folders.
http://www.squared5.com/
That is it.
If other than that, please go into further detail brand and model of camcorder as well as version of Premiere Elements in use.
ATR

Exporting from PPro CS3 to Encore

When I export directly from Premiere Pro CS3 to Encore using the Blu-ray MPEG2 option the project that opens in Encore has Authoring Mode DVD. The mpeg 2 file that is exported and that appears as an asset in Encore is indeed 1440x1080, and the timeline monitor certainly seems to be displaying 1440x1080. My question is, what is the significance of the Authoring Mode -- does it affect the resolution of menus or any other features of the final product?
Thanks,
Dick V.

Authoring Mode really only governs the size of the Preview window. When you export to BD, DVD, or Flash, Encore will transcode any media that is not legal for the export format.
So in your case, if you burn to Blu-ray, Encore will not transcode your video (if it is an elementary stream); if you burned to DVD, Encore would transcode your video to SD widescreen (720x480/576 NTSC/PAL).

Should I export MPEG2 DVD in 720p sequence? (cs5.5) final output DVD

What's the best way to downscale for DVD in 720 30p (HD). Is it best just to export stright to the preset MPEG2 DVD in premiere's export settings?

Correct, choose the MPEG-2 for DVD format, and for a preset, Widescreen Progressive (NTSC or PAL as appropriate).
It takes a bit longer to encode, but if you check the "Maximum Render Quality" at the bottom of the AME window, this should improve the downscaling quality.
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H.264 MP4 Scrubber Problem

I am trying to make a custom H.264 video player. I can get
the video to load and play and all that but i cannot get the
scrubber bar to work. I tried using the onMetaData function but i
dont think it is even running because i get no trace.
Is there any way to get the total duration of the MP4 video?
[code]
//Video Loading Controls
var fileName:String = "test";
var nc:NetConnection = new NetConnection();
var ns:NetStream;
nc.onStatus = function(info){
trace(info.code);
if(info.code == "NetConnection.Connect.Success"){
playVideo();
function playVideo(){
ns = new NetStream(nc);
videoObject.attachVideo(ns);
ns.setBufferTime(1);
ns.play("MP4:" + fileName + ".f4v");
controlBar_mc.playPause_mc.got oAndStop("play");
//connects the stream
nc.connect("rtmp://137.99.136.55 /sumone4life/videos");
//Media Controls
//Play Pause
controlBar_mc.playPause_mc.onRollOver = function()
if(this._currentframe == 1)this.gotoAndStop("pauseOver");
else this.gotoAndStop("playOver");
controlBar_mc.playPause_mc.onRollOut =
controlBar_mc.playPause_mc.onReleaseOutside = function()
if(this._currentframe == 10)this.gotoAndStop("pause");
else this.gotoAndStop("play");
controlBar_mc.playPause_mc.onRelease = function(){
if(this._currentframe == 10)
this.gotoAndStop('playOver');
ns.pause();
else
this.gotoAndStop('pauseOver');
ns.pause();
//Rewind
controlBar_mc.rewindButton.onRelease = function(){
ns.seek(0);
//loadbar controls
var videoInterval = setInterval(videoStatus, 100);
var amountLoaded:Number;
var videoDuration:Number;
ns.onMetaData = function(obj){
trace("We are in metadata");
videoDuration = obj.duration;
function videoStatus(){
amountLoaded = ns.bytesLoaded / ns.bytesTotal;
controlBar_mc.loader_mc.loadBa r_mc._width = amountLoaded *
502;
trace("ns.time: " + ns.time + " videoDuration: " +
videoDuration);
controlBar_mc.loader_mc.scrub_ mc._x = ns.time /
videoDuration * 502;
[/code]
P.S. I never get the trace("we are in metadata"); so i figure
that that part of program is not even running. I have also tried
ns["onMetaData"].
I have Flash CS4 and Media Server 3.0 using AS2 if that makes
any difference.

AppleMan
Thanks for your input.
Actually iMovie HD 6.0.3 supports and gives you the option to create a project in several formats besides DV including MPEG-4 and HD. ( Don't know if the newest mp4 is supported). From HELP:
"iMovie HD supports importing video in common formats, such as standard definition and widescreen formats (NTSC and PAL), MPEG-4, and clips from Apple's iSight camera."
My daughter's camera is an older Sony:
Sony DCR-DVD108
Format
MPEG2
It doesn't have a Firewire or USB output, just composite video AV out which is why I have to use Elgato EyeTV to import with my setup. I usually export the EyeTV recording as DV for import into iMovie HD 6.0.3. The video is not great to start (MPEG 2) but turns to mush when exported from iMovie as anything less than full quality as a QT.MOV.
Exporting from iMovie as an mp4 ( expert settings) for web, email or download use always looks better than a comparable QT.mov.
I got away with importing from EyeTV as mp4 and editing in iMovie but not the h.264 to mp4 combo.
What combo do you suggest if I am importing "Best Quality" video from the camera (MPEG 2) into EyeTV for export to desktop for iMovie HD6?

Flash - SD Widescreen PAL DVD

Hey everyone, I did post this one level back as another topic, but then started reading around and figured this may be a better place to post. I apologize for the double post, won't happen again - I'm new to the user forums here and I admit that this is a bit of a desperate plea for help. I apologize in advance.
So, I've been working on a project recently that's been kind of difficult for me to test since I don't have access to the platform I'm trying to develop for. I was hoping somebody might be able to help guide me to the information I need, or let me know outright if I'm on the right track or completely out to lunch with my thinking here.
Anyway, shorthand version of what I'm trying to accomplish: I'm trying to design a 16:9 wide screen video animation. I built the animation using Flash CS3. Originally it was built for NTSC but now needs to be burnt to DVD in a PAL format. I re-sized my animation to be 1024 x 576 (square pixels) at 25 FPS and exported it from Flash as a .mov using the Animation Codec. (Exported with 16:9 PAL settings at 720x576 with a pixel aspect ratio of 1.422.) I brought the new rendered file into Adobe Encore and set up my chapters etc. All footage has been interpreted as SD PAL Widescreen 1.422 PAR.
When I view the Movies I export from flash (off my desktop) they are 1024 x 576 square pixels ... they appear distorted and aliased. After burning the videos to DVD with the footage interpreted as previously mentioned, I tried viewing them on my computer. The screen capture resolution is 720 x 404 ... which is kind of odd to me. I would expect 720 x 480 or even 720 x 576. Overall though the quality is pretty nice and doesn't look greatly distorted.
I guess what I'm trying to ask is: Is that normal? Is that right? wrong? Ultimately though, does anyone know what a Widescreen PAL DVD would look like viewed on a windows XP machine? (In Windows Media Player with a DVD Codec?)
Any guidance or help on this would be greatly appreciated. If there is any other information I can provide you with to help with understanding my plight, please let me know.
I'm a web designer backed into a corner here and really don't have a whole lot of video experience. I'm also living in Canada and don't have access to a PAL system to watch the final product on ... so I'm just trying to get my settings as accurate as I can on my end.
Thanks in advance.

>The screen capture resolution is 720 x 404 ... which is kind of odd to me.
On playback the movie is displayed with square pixels. If the DVD plays 720 pixels wide then the corresponding height will be 405 for a 16:9 movie.

HDV Widescreeen FCP to PAL SD Widescreen DVD?

We have a film that is finished in HDV 1080i50 on FCP at 1440 X 1080 (16:9). We now want to create a PAL SD DVD that gives us pure 16:9 rather than 4:3 letter boxed. What are the exact sizings for this and where should i be resizing?
I have found another post on discussions that reccomends using the method I employed below but I am unsure that this produces a perfect 16:9 video.....
I've been exporting a QT using the export command and the default settings of HDV1080i and that gives me a QT which is by 1920 X 1080. I then brought that into compressor 2 and used the apple setting of high quality 90min 16:9 preset. I altered the .m2v preset so that the filed dominance was upper layer, I changed the "frame control" to be custom (in "resizing control" I selected "best" on "resize filter" I changed it to "top first" and finally I changed the "deinterlace" to "best".
I then imported the encoded project into a SD DVDSP project and burnt it.
When watching this it seems ok but this method seems a little convuloted to create a widescreen movie. I am not sure if this produces a perfect 16:9 SD movie. What is the correct workflow?
Many thanks for anyone who can help me.....
Fred

I perhaps should mention that I haven't done this myself, and that I'm just trying to think through how it should be done, for what it's worth!
You're taking 1080 lines and making them be 576. If you just scaled from one to the other you who end up with a blur of the two fields mixed together. If there's much horizontal movement that might not be a good thing. Deinterlacing Best will probably do its best to mix the lines where there seems to be no motion, and ignoring the one field if there is a lot of motion. At least that's how I think it ought to work.
As there's going to be motion a lot of the time I would argue that just dropping one of the fields would be as good as any other way. Pick either field in the deinterlace options.
I just played around with the 16:9 settings in FCP, and it seemed to have a mind of its own! I wrestled with it and convinced the video clip to fill the document area. I'm sure there is a better way to make that work.
Anyway, having done that (set deinterlace, first field in my case, and squished to fill the document window), I then just did an export using Compressor, and in Compressor used one of the 16:9 encoders. The resulting m2v plays perfectly well in DVD Studio Pro, and I can switch the display resolutions in Simulator to anything I like, and it seems to do the right thing. The Track even had set itself to be 16:9 Letterbox.
With Simulator set to 16:9 display mode I get a wide screen, with the video reaching from top to bottom. If I set a 4:3 display mode I still see the whole video, but with the usual letterbox bars above and below the 16:9 area.

Widescreen 16:9 Dv-Pal

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