[Flyyvon]

Hi every one and thank's for helping me. First, let me start by telling you that i'm faily new with Final Cut Pro and i just recently bought my Apple Tv. What i'm trying to do is simple (so i tought) I want to convert/export my Final Cut pro movies to my Apple TV. I tried with Compressor and with Quick Time (not pro) with no success. I can watch the movies in iTunes but my Apple TV won't see them. What am i doing wrong? I tried different setting and nothing works. Maybe i should also tell you that i'm filming in HDV with my Sony HC1. Thank's in advance for all your help.
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[Flyyvon]

No one can help me with this one?
Yvon.

[mduell]

What output profile are you using in Compressor? Is it Apple TV compatible? What container are you using?

[Flyyvon]

Wow, i have no idea what your talking about. Here's the info i can give you. mp4
Audio Encoder
Format: MPEG4
Sample Rate: 44.100kHz
Channels: 2
Bits Per Sample: 16
AAC encoder quality: high
Video Encoder
Format: MPEG4
Width: 640
Height: 480
Pixel aspect ratio: 0.75
Crop: None
Frame rate: 15
Frame Controls: Off
ISMA Profile: 0
Constant bit rate: 368 (Kbps)
Hinted for streaming server with
packet size: 1450 bytes
and packet duration: 100 milliseconds
Does this help and answer your question? Thank's for your help.
Yvon.

[mduell]

You're going from HDV source to 4:3 output at 15fps? That seems... insane.
And 368 kbps? That's about the right quality for PDA, not a TV.

Unfortunately I don't know Compressor well enough to help you. I was hoping you did.

[Flyyvon]

Originally Posted by mduell 

You're going from HDV source to 4:3 output at 15fps? That seems... insane.
And 368 kbps? That's about the right quality for PDA, not a TV.

Unfortunately I don't know Compressor well enough to help you. I was hoping you did.

As you can see, i really don't......Thank's anyway.....Yvon

[Flyyvon]

Would anybody know the step by step for converting Final Cut Pro files to Apple TV format?

Thank's, Yvon.

[Flyyvon]

Anybody?

[Kenneth]

Export to Apple TV straight from Final Cut (QTP/Compressor), from Apple Discussions. I don't have Final Cut Studio 1 installed on my home system, however I can access to it at work.

Meanwhile, don't FCP come with QuickTime Pro license?

[Kenneth]

So looks like FCP does able to do that. I grabbed a test video from one of the Get a Mac TV ad, imported it on FCP, FIle -> Export -> Using QuickTime Conversation -> Format: Apple TV, hit Save.

[Flyyvon]

Originally Posted by Kenneth 

So looks like FCP does able to do that. I grabbed a test video from one of the Get a Mac TV ad, imported it on FCP, FIle -> Export -> Using QuickTime Conversation -> Format: Apple TV, hit Save.

Thank's Kenneth, i will try that. Yvon.

[Flyyvon]

Originally Posted by Kenneth 

So looks like FCP does able to do that. I grabbed a test video from one of the Get a Mac TV ad, imported it on FCP, FIle -> Export -> Using QuickTime Conversation -> Format: Apple TV, hit Save.

I was able to make a test but when exported, i lost my 16 X 9 ratio. I ended up with 4.3 image ?????

Would you know why?

Yvon.

[Kenneth]

That's strange. This time I took the HD version of the new iPod+iTunes TV ad and exported it to Apple TV, it kept the same 848 x 480 pixels. I'm curious about the setting.

[Flyyvon]

Originally Posted by Kenneth 

That's strange. This time I took the HD version of the new iPod+iTunes TV ad and exported it to Apple TV, it kept the same 848 x 480 pixels. I'm curious about the setting.

The problem i have is that when i choose the Apple TV setting, i can't mod or change anything in that setting. Is it the same with you?

Yvon.

[Kenneth]

Yes.

BTW, have you tried exporting it from QuickTime Player?

[ApeInTheShell]

If you can export to the Apple TV codec (m4v) than you have Quicktime Pro on that computer. The player only lets you open and view media files.
The settings option seems to be locked for regular television settings *shrug* and if you do export your movie to MPG4 it should be 720x480 for standard definition and 720X540 for HD or DVD with at least 29.9 fps. Anything less and the video will go so slow.

[King Chung Huang]

Try the following:

1) Export a reference movie from Final Cut Pro.
2) Open the movie in QuickTime Player.
3) Open the Movie Properties window.
4) Select the video track.
5) Under Visual Settings, uncheck Preserve Aspect Ratio, then manually enter a size in the Scaled Size fields. Probably 854 x 480 in your case.
6) Export to Apple TV as normal.

[Flyyvon]

Thank's guys. Now i know why this forum is so popular. I will have to run some test and will write back then.

Yvon.

[stevesnj]

If you have FCP you have QT Pro. If your Quicktime is up to date just select Export for Apple TV.