I need to encode a 16:9 dvd into 4:3 with letterboxing. Is this possible with Handbrake? I don't think it is. I searched the forums and found nothing and I can't find an option in the interface to add "whitespace" - or, in this case, blackspace.
Thanks
Brian
Encode 16:9 in 4:3 with letterboxing? Is this possible?
Re: Encode 16:9 in 4:3 with letterboxing? Is this possible?
Try checking "Keep Aspect Ratio" (but not "Anamorphic (PAR)") in Picture Settings, a button you can find under the Video tab. That will letterbox your 16:9 image into a 4:3 frame, with bars above and below the image.brianlees wrote:I need to encode a 16:9 dvd into 4:3 with letterboxing. Is this possible with Handbrake? I don't think it is. I searched the forums and found nothing and I can't find an option in the interface to add "whitespace" - or, in this case, blackspace.
I know, I know...it sounds stupid. But, I need to encode a corporate video as an 4:3 AVI and send it to a vendor who will then encode it into Flash for an online presentation they are hosting for us.
So, I'm kinda stuck and have no budget really to do this. I was hoping that trusty Handbrake would do it, but it looks like it can't.
I know this next question falls out of the scope of these boards, but maybe someone can off a suggestion - Mac or PC - that might be able to do it. I could encode it in handbrake as something that another app might be able to adjust.
Thanks
Brian
So, I'm kinda stuck and have no budget really to do this. I was hoping that trusty Handbrake would do it, but it looks like it can't.
I know this next question falls out of the scope of these boards, but maybe someone can off a suggestion - Mac or PC - that might be able to do it. I could encode it in handbrake as something that another app might be able to adjust.
Thanks
Brian
If it does not have macrovision encoding (copy protection) connect a dvd player that is set to output to a 4:3 television to a dvd recorder, and record in realtime (presumably at the SP or XP encoding, with S-Video cables for best quality). Then use HandBrake to transcode.brainless wrote:I know this next question falls out of the scope of these boards, but maybe someone can off a suggestion - Mac or PC - that might be able to do it. I could encode it in handbrake as something that another app might be able to adjust.
I would have actually recommended the same thing as MichaelLax - recapturing the source all over agin under different conditions (with of course, a quality hit).
Another solution would be editing (if you can rip this to straight MPEG-2). Not that we don't want to help you, but this is not really an encoding issue.
But I can suggest that on a PC you can use AVISynth. It's a bit of a learning curve, but very powerful and CAN do exactly that. I'm sure on some forums some folks would have a script ready for you.
You can even do something like that in VideoStudio if you know what you're doing. But VideoStudio is not free.
I understand what you want to do and it's not a stupid request. You simply want to fit 16:9 content onto a 4:3 canvas for "fit" reasons. I personally don't know how to do it without experimenting a bit first, but editing tools will certainly fulfill your needs in this case - either by resizing or canvassing/cropping/matting/letterboxing/border/etc filters.
Another solution would be editing (if you can rip this to straight MPEG-2). Not that we don't want to help you, but this is not really an encoding issue.
But I can suggest that on a PC you can use AVISynth. It's a bit of a learning curve, but very powerful and CAN do exactly that. I'm sure on some forums some folks would have a script ready for you.
You can even do something like that in VideoStudio if you know what you're doing. But VideoStudio is not free.
I understand what you want to do and it's not a stupid request. You simply want to fit 16:9 content onto a 4:3 canvas for "fit" reasons. I personally don't know how to do it without experimenting a bit first, but editing tools will certainly fulfill your needs in this case - either by resizing or canvassing/cropping/matting/letterboxing/border/etc filters.
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