Black box

[RobC]

Hi all, would appreciate some help with the following. I've produced an AV which I have published to MP4 for Vimeo upload. Once the videos uploaded it doesn't fill the screen but instead has a black box surrounding it. Full Screen doesn't do anything. On the Project Options, I have the aspect set to 3:2. Of course, if I play it on my PC just as an MP4 I can set the screen to Zoom to Fill but you can't do this with Vimeo and Youtube. 

[Lin Evans]

Hi Rob,

This from web information on YouTube :  Although I don't use Vimeo - I believe they are the same....

Lin

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[RobC]

Thanks. I understand this but other videos (time lapse for example) that I have created outside of PTE don't have this issue. It's only videos I have created within PTE for some reason. 

[davegee]

Resolution of video?

[RobC]

1920

[Lin Evans]

Hi Rob,

I'm a little confused. 1920 is only one part of what make an aspect ratio. What is the other? 1080p is 1920 x 1080 pixels as I'm sure you know. If you are creating the video at a 3:2 aspect ratio, is 1920 the long side and 1280 the short side?

Best regards,

Lin

[RobC]

Hi Lin, 

Thanks for taking the time to help me pout on this. The images are 1920x1280. I have also tested it by setting the project size to 16:9 and uploading onto Vimeo. Some of the images fill the screen  Those images without effects (zoom for example) have a thick black box surrounding them and those with zooming fill the screen. here's the link to the AV.  

3:2 aspect  

 

16:9. 

 

 

[jkb]

Rob, if your images are 1920 x 1280, then the aspect ratio of the project needs to be 16:10 not 3:2

Jill

 

[davegee]

1920x1080=16x9

1920x1200=16x10

1920x1280=3x2

 

[Barry Beckham]

It looks to me that the show has been made at 3:2 aspect ratio with varying degrees of zoom size that will be restricted to the 3:2 format and play ok at 3:2. As soon as the aspect ratio in PTE is changed to 16:9, the images made for 3:2 are not going magically all fit the 16:9. That’s why some do and some don’t.

None of your images would be any problem in a 16:9 show and that is what needs to be done. Each image needs to be revisited and adjusted in the Object and Animation screen to fit the new format of 16:9.

in a world where practically every display is 16:9, it seems to me to be one time when it’s right to follow the crowd.