A few questions about FTD and script

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Hi,

Please advise when I should check "1:1 Monitor" and when "Display 720" in the "SOurce" of FTD.

Also I am confused about "anamorphic source". I open the AVI file in VDM and I clearly see that only with 16:9 the aspect ratio is correct, which means, I believe, the source is anamorphic.

But if check both the source and output as anamorphic in FTD I get a weird aspect ratio while if I check anamorphic only in the output the aspect ratio is fine.

What am I missing? Thank you!

[guns1inger]

If you actually load the file into FTD, it will generally make the right decisions about the source for you.

1:1 is generally for avi files in the Divx/Xvid format. Anything encoded primarily for PC viewing. This excludes DV avi source.

Anamorphic is term used to describe material encoded for display on widescreen or widescreen switchable televisions or projectors where the image is stretched vertically (or squashed horizontally). This allows more image area to be used, and therefore more data to be encoded for the image. The correct aspect ratio is restored during playback.

4:3 and 16:9 are generally used only for formats that support them - DV avi, mpeg video for DVD etc. Xvid and Divx can be tagged, but most players ignore it. For 1:1 source, the Aspect Ratio is literal, as in film. So an avi file may be 1.78:1, and encoded to DVD as 16:9. It is rare to find avi files encoded as anamorphic unless they have been a) created from 16:9 DV source or b) encoded by someone who doesn't know how to resize correctly.

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guns1inger, thank you.