FCP7 16:9, Sequence settings, output 4:3?
WHAT am I doing wrong here???
OS 10.6.8, FCP 7.0.3, iMovie 8.0.6
I have to import the video from my camera into iMovie, (because iMovie sees the video to import, FCP 7 does not), which creates a MPEG 2 video 16:9 (I believe) 720x480 video. If I play it from QT, it is 16:9.
I am banging my head against the wall trying to figure out how to get that 16:9 back out of FCP! Every time I export it from FCP, it comes out 640x480 and I have black bars on the top and bottom. I believe everything is set in FCP to 720x480. If I import a 720x480 jpeg in and drop it in the timeline, it is exactly correct. But my video has those black bars on them.
The only thing I can figure is that in QT I can see the info and the video it says is 853x480. This would let me know why I'm getting the black bars, but NOT why I can not export out the 720x480.
I've tried changing the Sequence setting, but to no avail. I'd like to playback in the Sequence window in real time.
What is the easy fix?
Oh, and since the original video is in "Apple MPEG-2 Camcorder Video" is there a Sequence Compressor setting I would want to use to make it easier to edit?