Q: Pan Stutter on Set-Top DVD but not on Computer (Anamorphic vs 4:3)
I received AJA KiPro footage, from a client's live mutli-switch program, at 720x486. The client asked overlay a bug on the footage and author the content onto DVD which I did — leaving the footage at 720x486. The workflow was simple: import into FCP, make timelines based on the footage's specs, drop in the bug, export with timeline's setting, and compress using Compressor's stock 90-minute MPEG-2 setting with automatic pass-thru. The new .m2v files were important into DVDSP Pro and DVDs were authored. These DVD looks the best however the client felt the image was stretched since they were 4:3.
Later, the client told me the content was shot anamorphic. So, edited the FCP project to make the footage files anamophic. I then made new timelines based on the footage settings, dropped in the bug, and output new exports using the timeline's setting. Again, I compressed using Compressor's stock MPEG setting and important into DVDSP. DVDSP recognized they were 16:9 and I authored new DVDs.
So the new 16:9 DVDs look great when played on a computer but when they're played on my set-top, Sony DVD player I see a bunch of pan stutter whenever the cameras pan. Is there something in my workflow I'm not doing right?
G5 DUAL QUAD, G4 Dual 533 & 550 TiBook, Mac OS X (10.4.6)
Posted on Aug 1, 2011 1:14 PM