Re: Cropping .dv files



Elliott Roper <nospam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > Hope the reply makes sense: they *are* for a TV screen, but they're *not* in
> > the right format.
>
> They are just missing the 16:9 flag by the sound of it.
> All PAL DV is 720*576. 16:9 DV's pixels have been sat on very firmly.
> They are 46% wider than they are high.
> Tell iMovie they are 16:9 PAL, edit and hand it off to iDVD.
> (I think - I have not tried it myself. I have FCP which does it nicely.)
> see http://www.adamwilt.com/DV-FAQ-etc.html for some interesting
> background.

Because life can be too simple :-)

<http://capital2.capital.edu/admin-staff/dalthoff/widescreen.html>

But very simple in FCP and DVD Studio Pro

Stuart
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