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Re: QT RESIZES .m2v 720 x 480 into 640 X 480 ???


On Mar 25, 2005, at 3:17 PM, Colin Holgate wrote:

The data in an MPEG-2 file is 720x480, but those are non-square pixels, intended for viewing on a 4:3 aspect ration TV. Computers have square pixels, and so QuickTime Player plays the 720x480 at 640x480 so that the picture looks correct to you.

1. First the movie DOES NOT look correct!
When viewing side by side (720 X 480 to 640 X 480) - it looks squished! Absolutely!
In addition - the Apple support tech I talked to - admitted (or agreed) that the squished version would be showing ARTIFACTS
(because of it's squished nature) that were not really there, and wouldn't show up - once on to DVD television delivery.

And WHY, if QT player plays & handles square pixels this way - do some of my movies which ARE 720 X 486 show up & display correctly?

Another user experience: "when I try to play the MPEG2 in Windows Media Player on the PC it becomes 720x480 and looks normal"
Another user experience: "can you explain then why Cleaner gives you 720x480 video in QT?

Something is just weird with QT maybe?

In other words, stop worrying about it, the MPEG-2 file is fine.

Not according to some other users experience! (More info on Compressor List)
"imported that same video into my Spruce Maestro it certainly was squashed."

I would like to later incorporate this media into other multimedia projects . . .
So I just go ahead and archive 2,014 movies in this incorrectly displayed size?

Thanks for the patience and help!

Kind regards,

Luke Wonderly
http://home.earthlink.net/~panoman/vdeodnc/videodance.com/index.html
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