How to Pillarbox 9x16 iPhone video in compressor

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How to Pillarbox 9x16 iPhone video in compressor

I have several hundred iPhone 4 9x16 (not 16x9) videos from a friend that wants the videos on a standard SD DVD. When I use iDVD, the conversion is automatic, and pillarbars are added. Unfortunately, iDVD occationally craps out on "Muliplexer Error: There was an error during formatting.", so after 9 hrs or rendering I have to start over.

Is there a way to add pillarboxs to the video in Compressor 2? I have access to Compressor 3 and 4, but I would prefer Compressor 2 instructions as my main workstation is a G5 Quad. Using compressor I could do the project in DVDSP 4.

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated, for ANY version of compressor.

Quad G5 2.5 GHz, 4 GB RAM, 1.5 TB HDD, Mac OS X (10.5.8), iLife '09, iWork '09, Final Cut Studio2, DROBO 6TB

Posted on Feb 12, 2014 12:29 PM

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Russ H

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Feb 12, 2014 5:59 PM in response to Gary Sumlak

It can be done in Compressor, but it might be a bit easier in FCP. Just drop your 9X16 into an SD timeline (either 4:3 or 16:9).

Otherwise, choose your frame size and use padding left and right.

Good luck.

Russ

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Gary Sumlak Author

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Feb 13, 2014 12:37 AM in response to Russ H

I started by using the standard DV NTSC 4:3 settings. It took a bit to get my head around it, but I finally figured out that the Frame Size is the dementions of the Original video. Once I got that straight, I started experementing with the pad, and using side-by-side comparison via QuickTime, Padding of 80 Left and Right seems to work the best.

Thank you for your time.

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