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Standard Definition QuickTime movies rendered as 16:9 anamorphic play back in Pro Tools at 4:3.

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Standard Definition QuickTime movies rendered as 16:9 anamorphic play back in Pro Tools at 4:3.

Last Updated : February 6, 2013
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Standard Definition QuickTime movies rendered as 16:9 anamorphic play back in Pro Tools at 4:3.
This is a known issue in Pro Tools HD 8 (Mac OS X). Standard Definition QuickTime movies rendered with 16:9 an anamorphic Scaled Size of 853x480 play back in Pro Tools at 4:3 or 720x486 resolution. The Scaled Size attribute of QuickTime movies is ignored by Pro Tools. To workaround this problem, render the movie letterbox natively within the 720x486 pixel dimension.

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