Comments on: Exporting HD to AppleTV from Final Cut

By: ivan

ivan — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:03:25 +0000

this article is from may 2007 and it's still a problem. i don't have quicktime pro but imovie works. still a pain.

By: teedawg

teedawg — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:11:04 +0000

On apple tv. . . . .

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:26:03 +0000

not sure where you are watching, but in Quicktime you can play fullscreen if you have Pro or Quicktime X in Snow Leopard

By: teedawg

teedawg — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:23:25 +0000

When I follow your instructions, the video quality has gone up. Thanks! However, the video does not cover the full screen when watching. Is there an option that I can change to make the screen size bigger?

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:01:35 +0000

I export as a full frame Quicktime first which is a HD 1080i file based on what was imported. If you import 720p content it will come out that way as well. This is really more like a save as …

I then use Quicktime Pro to export as the appropriate file for AppleTV which is a way to compress it down a bit yet retain a very high level of quality. Sites like YouTube, Viddler, Vimeo and Facebook can all except this.

By: teedawg

teedawg — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:11:04 +0000

On apple tv. . . . .

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:26:03 +0000

not sure where you are watching, but in Quicktime you can play fullscreen if you have Pro or Quicktime X in Snow Leopard

By: teedawg

teedawg — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:23:25 +0000

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:01:35 +0000

I export as a full frame Quicktime first which is a HD 1080i file based on what was imported. If you import 720p content it will come out that way as well. This is really more like a save as …

By: teedawg

teedawg — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:10:04 +0000

When you say “export from FCE to Quicktime” you are not using Quicktime conversion right? How do you know its 1080i? Do you have to set it to that? Thanks.