24p 16:9... To Squeeze or not To Squeeze

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CritUnitB

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I already posted this in "Technical" and am going for the two-pronged attack by posting it here, hope that's okay.

Okay, I just got my shiny new DVX100BP and this is already driving me nuts. I am about to launch a series of web videos whose end-format will roll out in both large, torrent-worthy files and tiny ipod downloads. I am editing on FCP 5.1.

So: I know I want to shoot 24p and I know I want it to be widescreen. I have been told (perhaps falsely) that squeeze mode is bad and the resulting image will be not-so-hot, and further, that it is better to shoot normal and resize the image to 133.33% so that it will fit in a 16:9 frame. What I don't want is a simple matte that is just blank, wasted video information. In testing, however, it looks like squeeze mode is in fact much prettier. Anyone have advice about this?

Secondly, when I export from the timeline in squeeze mode I get a 4:3 squeezed image again. How do I export so that it appears the way it should (16:9) for download and web play?

Also, I've been experiencing something strange where no matter whether squeeze mode is selected as I shoot 24p (and I know my capture settings are correct, with anamorphic deselected) it will try to stretch out the video to 16:9. This is annoying and potentially fatal. FATAL.

Lastly I apologize if all of this has been asked/answered before, I'm just in a bind for time. Thanks in advance...
 
squeeze mode wastes teh exact same amount of information at matting. It deletes the top and bottom of the image and then STRETCHES it to the top and bottom. They should call it stretch mode instead of squeeze.

peoples opinions differ, but i say matte in post, you get more control and ppl generally have a less difficult time then when dealing with squeeze
 
Thanks for the reply. I would do that except then I have dead information at the top and bottom of the screen, which needlessly makes the filesize bigger-- not to mention the fact that if the videos ever went to dvd they'd play 4:3 even on a widescreen tv/monitor. This is what I'm trying to avoid.
 
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