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  1. 10th Dec 2007 12:15 #1
    whoisquilty
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    I'm trying to convert 4:3 videos for use in 16:9 televisions. I'd like to reformat the picture to be cropped at the top and bottom but I'm finding that the quality degrades.

    Any suggestions for doing this with Final Cut Pro/Compressor/DVD Studio Pro? Any good 3rd party tools that will do this and maintain quality?
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    Nope, cropping means reencoding, and reencoding means lower quality.
    Can't be done.

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    What kind of output codec do you desire??

    Anyway, check how your can do that with MPEG Streamclip with .dv output:

    http://www.sjoki.uta.fi/~shmhav/SVCD_on_a_Macintosh.html#43-169
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    Anytime you crop you lose information,best to stay at 4:3 and adjust the 16:9 tv to 4:3 view.
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