I did another test (haven't published it anywhere). This time, I did everything I mentioned below, but did NOT check the letterbox box. After exporting, the mp4 video is stretched, and has the black letterbox lines top and bottom.
Is 640x360 not a standard size or something? David King davidleeking.com - blog davidleeking.com/etc - videoblog On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 2:00 PM, Brook Hinton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That would have given you a letterboxed image in a 640 x 480 frame - > but I just opened the clip in quicktime and it's 640 x 360, not 640 x > 480. > > Personally, I would export it as 640 x 360 - just as you did - but > don't turn letterboxing on. That should give you a widescreen box > filled with a widescreen image. > > Brook > > > On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 11:51 AM, David King <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]<davidleeking%40gmail.com>> > wrote: > > ok... I used the Sanyo Xacti HD1A. The source video was 1280X720, 30 fps > mp4 > > video. I edited in FCE, then chose export using quicktime compression, > and > > did this: > > > > - under format, chose mpeg-4 and clicked options > > - chose mp4 under file format > > - chose h.264 under video format > > - did the 640x480 image size (chose custom) > > - clicked the preserve aspect ratio using letterbox checkbox > > > > My ultimate goal is to get the video onto my blog and my iphone. > > > > Am I doing this right? > > > > David King > > davidleeking.com - blog > > davidleeking.com/etc - videoblog > > > > On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 1:27 PM, Brook Hinton <[EMAIL > > PROTECTED]<bhinton%40gmail.com>> > wrote: > > > >> 640x360 IS 16:9. It doesn't need to be letterboxed. It will be a > >> widescreen frame. The additional pillarbox in this file is probably > >> there because fitting a 16:9 frame inside a LETTERBOX inside another > >> 16:9 frame makes it smaller on all sides. > >> > >> But to know EXACTLY what happened we need to know: > >> > >> Is the source sequence or file 16:9? or 4:3 with a letterboxed image? > >> Or something else? And what format? > >> > >> Letterboxing is only used if you are trying to fit a 16:9 image in a > >> 4:3 frame while preserving the full image (e.g., putting an anamorphic > >> DV source inside a standard 4:3 image). > >> > >> Brook > >> > >> _______________________________________________________ > >> Brook Hinton > >> film/video/audio art > >> www.brookhinton.com > >> studio vlog/blog: www.brookhinton.com/temporalab > >> > >> > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > -- > _______________________________________________________ > Brook Hinton > film/video/audio art > www.brookhinton.com > studio vlog/blog: www.brookhinton.com/temporalab > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
