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16:9 export converts to 4:3 in DVD Creator

Please help! I've run out of options.

I have created a 1-hour home video using the latest version of Final Cut Pro X ( Version 10.0.7). All of the video was shot in 720 X 480 and I used the 16:9 format when I created my project. I used the H264 codec selection when exporting my video to a .m4v format because otherwise I get a file that is close to 50 GB in size. I saved the file to my desktop and it plays perfectly inside of Quicktime (Version 10.2) in a 16:9 format.

What I want to do is import that video into some type of DVD creator so that I can create menus and chapter selections with backgroud music etc. Unfortunately, each time I try to do this the DVD creation software puts the video into a 4:3 format. I have tried using iDVD (my old standby with iMovie) and DVD Creator for Mac by Aimerisoft with the same results. Since I am getting the same results from different DVD burning programs, I must be exporting the file incorrectly or it is some type of FCPX issue.

I have read on other forums that the exported file may not contain the metadata that these DVD creation programs need to display the video properly. I have tried going through the instructions at this link (http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2179), but this workflow does not work.

I am using a 15" MacBook Pro running OSX Version 10.8.2. I have a 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo and 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3.

Any help is greatly appreciated!

Final Cut Pro X, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Feb 9, 2013 3:19 PM

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Tom Wolsky

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Posted on Feb 9, 2013 9:10 PM

"I used the H264 codec selection when exporting my video to a .m4v format because otherwise I get a file that is close to 50 GB in size."

This is wrong. You export your original format. Fir SD that's probably DV. You need to export DV anamorphic. Unfortunately iDVD has never supported SD anamorphic properly.

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fox_m

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Feb 16, 2013 12:03 PM in response to BPABuckeye

BPABuckeye wrote:

Also, is there any difference between the Apple ProRes 422 (HQ, LT, or Proxy)?

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5151

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Feb 17, 2013 10:46 AM in response to Clyde Crocker

Clyde,

Thank you so much. You were right, I was not hitting enter. Seems like a silly mistake, but I was making the changes and trying to save without hitting enter. So, after I saved the movie correctly this time, it created a .mov file. I played the .mov file in QT and it played beautifully with no impact to quality.

When I imported the .mov file into iDVD it now diplays in the correct aspect ratio (Hurray!). However, when I run the movie "preview" in iDVD, I get a very poor quality video. See screen shots below:

The first image is how the .mov file plays in QT. The second image is the same file imported into iDVD and displayed using "Preview." I have not tried burning the DVD yet to see if the video quality is any better. Is this just an issue with the iDVD preview which will go away after I burn it? Or am I missing something else?

I never had any problems like this when I did all my work in iMovie. It sure seems like FCPX is missing something.

EDIT: I created the .mov file as self contained, not referenced.

Thanks again!

Russ H

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Feb 17, 2013 11:43 AM in response to BPABuckeye

BPABuckeye wrote:

However, when I run the movie "preview" in iDVD, I get a very poor quality video. See screen shots below:

I never had any problems like this when I did all my work in iMovie. It sure seems like FCPX is missing something.

Hi. If you go back to my earlier post, you'll see my guess that what you're seeing is the result of interlacing. That can make text look pretty ragged on a computer screen. In fact, it may look perfectly fine played from a DVD player to a television.

(BTW, I may be mistaken but I believe that iMovie de-interlaces somewhere in the export process, which may be the reason why iMovie quality seems better.)

Russ

16:9 export converts to 4:3 in DVD Creator