<DIV>I wonder if this has to do with the fact that a computer pixel is square while a Television</DIV>
<DIV>"pixel?" is rectangular. I too am confused about this ratio.<BR><BR><B><I>Steve Robertson <stever@mindspring.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">We've discussed this before, but I'm still a little confused.<BR><BR>Full quality DV is 720 pixels by 480 pixels - a 3 to 2 aspect ratio. it <BR>seems to me that - when making a Quicktime movie - you would want to <BR>try to maintain that 3 to 2 ratio. Which would give you possible <BR>QuickTime screen sizes of 360 by 240, or 240 by 160. yet it seems like <BR>everybody recommends Quicktime screen sizes of 320 by 240 or 240 by 180 <BR>- which are, however, 4 to 3 aspect ratios - matching the standard TV <BR>ratio.<BR><BR>Does QuickTime do something to the video during encoding to change the <BR>aspect ratio without squishing the people in the video?<BR><BR>Admittedly, if you export a QuickTime movie as full quality DV and play <BR>it in the QuickTime Player, the proportions look a little odd. Maybe <BR>full quality DV displays in the wrong proportion on a computer screen <BR>and
QuickTime is just compensating.<BR><BR>Steve R.<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>MacDV mailing list<BR>MacDV@listserver.themacintoshguy.com<BR>http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/macdv<BR><BR>Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random stuff:<BR>http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><p>
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