Media encoder is changing my aspect ratio

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Hi, guys!I have a video animation created in Adobe Animate that is 1440 x 1080.I keep on trying to convert it to H.264 with Adobe Media Encoder, but all I get is a smushed-height video.I have selected the Match Source - High Bitrate option, and I have unchecked the Aspect and changed the HD Anamorphic option to Square Pixels(1.0)... and still nothing works.I tried playing with the Source Scaling options, but nothing works again.Can you help me?

PufPaf11 · Accepted Answer

Okay, thank you for the useful information...

I think I found a solution myself - I just added white space on each side of my 1440x1080 video so it is 1920x1080, after I export it I change the dimensions to 1440x1080 and play with the scaling options.

The point is that I found the solution myself, I hope it helps someone.

Averdahl · Answer

I have a video animation created in Adobe Animate that is 1440 x 1080.
I keep on trying to convert it to H.264 with Adobe Media Encoder, but all I get is a smushed-height video.
I have selected the Match Source - High Bitrate option, and I have unchecked the Aspect and changed the HD Anamorphic option to Square Pixels(1.0)... and still nothing works.

I tried playing with the Source Scaling options, but nothing works again.

Can you help me?

By @PufPaf11

1440x1080 with a PAR of 1.0 will look odd since a PAR of 1.333 is the expected PAR if you want the 16:9 frame.

Full HD is 1920x1080 with a PAR of 1.0. When HDV came it was 1440x1080 and had a PAR of 1.333 to stretch the width from 1440 to 1920 to make the image look normal in a 16:9 frame. (1440x1,333=1920)

The best tip i have is to always use 1920x1080 with a PAR of 1.0 in Animate, export as 1920x1080 (1.0) as well to avoid all issues.

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