Mike,
I am not a Apple fan but am not so sure whether you are correct.
Normal PAL DV clips have a PAR of 1.094 (not 1) and they play 100%
correct on my Quicktime player (Version 7.7) which means that the
PAR is being recognized.
Why don't you mail me a few seconds long clip to see how it plays with
my Quicktime - would be interesting?
Uwe
On 10/11/2011 7:34 AM, Mike Boom wrote:
>
> I've been generating mp4 files lately in Premiere Pro CS5.5 from HDV
> originals. The originals are 1440x1080 pixels, but have a pixel
> aspect ratio (PAR) of 1.33:1 to stretch the pixels sideways enough to
> create a 16:9 display. (The 1440x1080 aspect ratio is 4:3 without
> pixel stretching via PAR.) My mp4 files are also 1440x1080 with a PAR
> of 1.33:1 because I want to keep them as close to the original HDV as
> possible, and don't want to add extra file size by outputting
> 1920x1080 .mp4 files when I'm not adding any extra detail by doing so.
>
> The resultant files look great and play back perfectly in VLC Media
> Player and Windows Media Player, which both read the PAR and stretch
> the image out to the specified 16:9 aspect ratio. Quicktime Player,
> though, has no concept of PAR and plays the videos back at a squished
> 4:3 aspect ratio.
>
> Apple, that great controller of their customers' abilities to view
> what they want how they want it, appears to have eliminated PAR
> recognition from all versions of Quicktime other than Quicktime Pro,
> which their customers must pay for. That means -- as far as I can
> tell -- that most Apple device owners are going to view my .mp4 files
> squished into 4:3 aspect ratio instead of 16:9 as they're meant to be
> viewed.
>
> Has anyone here had any luck at generating .mp4 files that will get
> Quicktime to recognize PAR? Or do I have to regenerate all my files
> at 1920x1080, adding a lot of extraneous data, just to satisfy
> brain-dead Apple marketing policy?
>
> Grumpy,
>
> Mike Boom
>
>
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