There are number of ways in which a setting can be incorrect. Perhaps exporting via Quicktime Conversion could be introducing a problem for you. It played correctly on a wide screen, and correctly letterboxed the video when played back on an older standard 4:3 TV. I went ahead and tried out a workflow with it yesterday for a widescreen video and it worked fine.
I am using QT 7 and have used the version of Anamorphicizer that is on that site. I have read in some forums that the Anamorphicizer needed to be updated for Quicktime 7 - but all the links in those posts lead me back to the old one. I would have to go back and do it again and look at the menus to see if it was self-contained.
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My FCE movie files are never self-contained I'm not sure about the other Quicktime file, it was the one I made when following the Apple Support directions, using Quicktime conversion and then changing various settings. I am now completely at a loss (and judging by the discussions in Apple Support, I'm not alone) - has anyone out there come up with an actual way to fix this? Again, I followed the instructions to the letter, with no change whatsoever in the final outcome. On the advice of several responders in the Apple Support discussions, I downloaded the "my DVD Edit" resource editor. I followed the instructions to the letter, and came out with a DVD which still played in full-screen not widescreen - but also lost the chapter markers.Ĥ. I have searched in Apple Support and found an article which advised me to export the movie file using QuickTime Conversion and then to reset the compression type, aspect ratio, and dimensions settings. I have gone back into the FCE "Easy setup" file and reset the format for "DV-NTSC Anamorphic" - with no affect on the problem.ģ. I have checked the "Project info" menu in iDVD, and ascertained that the project is, indeed, supposedly set in widescreen (16:9) aspect ratio.Ģ. Here is what I have tried in working out the problem:ġ. Video editing software: Final Cut Exress 4.0.1ĭVD authoring software: iDVD '08, v. One of the frustrating parts of this is that my DVDs do play just fine on the computer - so I can't test to see if the problem is fixed without burning a DVD and then finding out I've made yet another coaster.
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My AVCHD camera (which I love, by the way) shoots in widescreen format when I create a movie through Final Cut Express, then transfer it to DVD through iDVD, the resulting DVD will play in beautifully on my computer screen - but when I play it on a TV/DVD player, it plays in full screen (with the sides cut off).
I've been fighting with iDVD, trying to get it to burn a widescreen-format DVD. Hi DVinfo folks - I got great advice here last year when deciding whether to get an AVCHD camera, and I'm hoping someone out there will be able to help me with my new problem.