Quicktime 10 For Mac Convert From 4 3 To 16 9 Aspect Ratio

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Quicktime X - I can't BELIEVE I can no longer change the aspect ratio like I could in 6 and 7. What were Apple thinking??? It's already bad enough what they did to Final Cut. Why on earth do they think DUMBING DOWN is a good idea??

The aspect ratio is mainly determined by the dimension of the camera sensor. In the past, the camera was only provided with one shooting proportion. But the current digital camera is provided with several styles, such as square, rectangle and panorama modes. The 4:3 and 16:9 proportions have been the popular aspect ratios.

  • 2015-10-13 Updated to include full range of resolutions up to 8K UHDTV. In an effort to enhance the knowledge of the video-making community, I have compiled a list of all true 16:9 video resolutions, including their associated standard when applicable, as well as when the resolution is divisible by 8, which is useful for limited video encoders.
  • I have a 480x360 video clip from broadcast TV that was originally 16:9 aspect ratio but is now obviously squeezed to 4:3. I want to convert this such that it is 16:9 (480x320). In a couple of apps I've tried this (iMovie, Handbrake), black bars were added to the sides. The image remained 4:3 but the total (with bars) was now 16:9.
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You will have to be more specific here regarding your problem. Basically you are dealing with two different methods of displaying video with a specific aspect ratio. Old media players like QT 7 and GarageBand disply files employing specified scaling dimensions which can be easily modified by a user. On the other hand, apps like QT X and iMovie '08/'09/'11 use the encoded height dimension of the file and a Pixel Aspect Ratio (PAR) value or flag to set the display width based on that height. For a file to play correctly in both QT 7 and QT X, both methods displaying the file must be honored. E.g., a video formatted as 720x480 (853x480) with an embedded 'Current Size' setting of 853x480 would play correctly in both QT X and QT 7 players with an aspect ratio of 16:9 (1.78:1).


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The common problem that many users run into today is the employment of workflows that tend to 'lose' anamorphic PAR values or anamorphic flags during processing, When this happens, files either display at their encode matrix dimensions or default to a 4:3 (1.33:1) aspect ratio. And, while fixing a QT 7 display problem is as simple as rescaling the display, anamorphic corrections are more difficult to deal with. In most cases, you would have to re-compress the file to 'reset' the display flag or PAR value. Luckily, Apple's choice of H.264 video content as its default display standard is one of the few video formats that can be corrected 'on the fly.' If you have a habitual problem with anamorphic encodings, then I normally recommend users switch to non-anamorphic workflows.

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