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Hello All,
I had someone give me HD video on a DVD. I had to convert the video files from the DVD using FFMpegX so I could work with this video on Final Cut Express. The original files were mpeg 2 files at 720x576 resolution. I asked FFMpegX to convert the files to DV at the same resolution. What I got instead was video at 720x480 resolution. FCE could work with this new file just fine. I kept my settings for FCE at 16:9 aspect ratio so the video would stay "wide screen", and it displayed wide screen just fine while editing it. Finally I exported it to a Quicktime file so I could burn it on iDVD. This Quicktime file is a .mov file and it also is at 720x480 pixels. I kept the settings of iDVD on 16:9 aspect ratio and when I finally burned the DVD, I played it on the DVD player. The DVD menus are all wide screen but the video itself is squashed to 4:3 aspect ratio and it has the side bars! What went wrong? Anyone know?
thanks for your help.
I had someone give me HD video on a DVD. I had to convert the video files from the DVD using FFMpegX so I could work with this video on Final Cut Express. The original files were mpeg 2 files at 720x576 resolution. I asked FFMpegX to convert the files to DV at the same resolution. What I got instead was video at 720x480 resolution. FCE could work with this new file just fine. I kept my settings for FCE at 16:9 aspect ratio so the video would stay "wide screen", and it displayed wide screen just fine while editing it. Finally I exported it to a Quicktime file so I could burn it on iDVD. This Quicktime file is a .mov file and it also is at 720x480 pixels. I kept the settings of iDVD on 16:9 aspect ratio and when I finally burned the DVD, I played it on the DVD player. The DVD menus are all wide screen but the video itself is squashed to 4:3 aspect ratio and it has the side bars! What went wrong? Anyone know?
thanks for your help.