Hi Guy -
No - it's not anything to do with what you're shooting. That was one of the first thoughts I had.
SP mode on the Canons is 1440x1080 @ 7MBps. Users have (in the past) had difficulties when they've produced to 1440x1080 then uploaded to YouTube, which doesn't cope with non-square pixels.
This issue has nothing to do with that!
My previous tests used 1440x1080 and 1920x1080 clips from a Canon HF S10, showing that the shooting mode was irrelevant.
http://youtu.be/fGfuVCu1CYk and
http://youtu.be/kBzQZAKNegw
I just did some tests using clips from a Sanyo Xacti -1920x1080 MPEG-4 - and got the same (but different) ridiculous distortion
First, using PD9's YouTube uploader (FULL HD Quality profile) -
http://youtu.be/XJ3RwogC9ko
Second - same procedure & selections with PD10 -
http://youtu.be/T55e9rqNH3c
Third, using the 1280x720 (HD Quality) profile in PD9 -
http://youtu.be/Ic7hEUBq_G8
Again, as in all previous tests, the produced files on my PC from PD9 & PD10 are all 16:9 & display properly.
Just to clarify, other formats (AVC, MP4, MP2 etc) in PD9 are not afflicted -
only WMV &
only on YouTube
Here's the same video on Vimeo
https://vimeo.com/62741328
Yep - it's got me too!
Cheers - Tony
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