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Old 2007-10-20, 09:54 PM
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Unnecessary 16:9 (or: how I learned to cut off the black bars on a 4:3 video authored in 16:9 and love the bomb)

I got a DVD in a trade today that was originally 4:3, but was re-authored and made into a compilation in 16:9. The image isn't stretched, it just has those unsightly black bars. How do I remove?
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Old 2007-10-21, 05:32 AM
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Re: Unnecessary 16:9 (or: how I learned to cut off the black bars on a 4:3 video authored in 16:9 and love the bomb)

you don't...its already gone thru an author [originals] > demux > re-author [compilation], and were undoubtedly re-encoded in the process...adding another re-author/re-encode will just cause more quality loss & introduce more artifacts/glitches, which is complete unnecessary & will just pollute the trading pool...not worth it just to change from letterbox
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Old 2007-10-21, 11:39 AM
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Re: Unnecessary 16:9 (or: how I learned to cut off the black bars on a 4:3 video authored in 16:9 and love the bomb)

You can be wrong AAR.oner. If the video was not converted from 4:3 to 16:9 before authoring then it's very easy to change the screen size with IfoEdit or PgcEdit (Windoze). There is no any re-encoding involved, and the change is made in IFO/BUP file(s) only.

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Old 2007-10-21, 02:12 PM
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Re: Unnecessary 16:9 (or: how I learned to cut off the black bars on a 4:3 video authored in 16:9 and love the bomb)

^^^^It winds up like this, though.

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Old 2007-10-21, 02:18 PM
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Re: Unnecessary 16:9 (or: how I learned to cut off the black bars on a 4:3 video authored in 16:9 and love the bomb)

I don't want to transform the image, I want to crop the black bars
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Old 2007-10-21, 03:40 PM
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Re: Unnecessary 16:9 (or: how I learned to cut off the black bars on a 4:3 video authored in 16:9 and love the bomb)

is that PAL or NTSC?
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Old 2007-10-21, 03:46 PM
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Re: Unnecessary 16:9 (or: how I learned to cut off the black bars on a 4:3 video authored in 16:9 and love the bomb)

PAL
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Old 2007-10-22, 05:26 AM
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Re: Unnecessary 16:9 (or: how I learned to cut off the black bars on a 4:3 video authored in 16:9 and love the bomb)

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You can be wrong AAR.oner. If the video was not converted from 4:3 to 16:9 before authoring then it's very easy to change the screen size with IfoEdit or PgcEdit (Windoze). There is no any re-encoding involved, and the change is made in IFO/BUP file(s) only.
yes, i can be wrong, & yes, it is possible to not re-encode...but 98% of the time when amateur collectors [not meant to sound snobby] are mucking about with authored DVDs, they end up re-encoding whether they realize it or not

as for the PgcEdit trick you mentioned, i'm not familiar with Windows progs...maybe you could work up a step by step to help Salva do this properly?
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Old 2007-10-22, 09:25 AM
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Re: Unnecessary 16:9 (or: how I learned to cut off the black bars on a 4:3 video authored in 16:9 and love the bomb)

AAR.ONER IS NEVER WRONG !

BUT I COULD BE MISTAKEN.

ILL HAVE TO TRY THAT IFOEDIT TRICK - THANKS.
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Re: Unnecessary 16:9 (or: how I learned to cut off the black bars on a 4:3 video authored in 16:9 and love the bomb)

Screenshot looks like it is pillarboxed 4:3, rather rare display mode but French channels are damn nightmare (PAL SECAM; DVB broadcasts are non DVD compliant). The trick with IFO should work, however, you will still have vertical black bars.
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Old 2007-10-23, 08:49 PM
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Re: Unnecessary 16:9 (or: how I learned to cut off the black bars on a 4:3 video authored in 16:9 and love the bomb)

As Pawel said: IfoEdit. Tweaking the aspect ratio is a no-brainer.

It served me a lot to fix bad a.r. originally shot at 16:9 but crapped into 4:3.

Of course, before trying always save a copy of the original *.ifo, *bup files.
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Re: Unnecessary 16:9 (or: how I learned to cut off the black bars on a 4:3 video authored in 16:9 and love the bomb)

What is your television?4.3 or widescreen?

This screenshot is true 16.9.
If your TV is 4.3 or set in preferences to 4.3(same for DvD player) then the video header is telling your TV to play it this way.

If though,you are sure that it has been recorded this way and G-Spot for example says its 4.3,then yes..change A.R in the video header in Ifo-edit.

The new Tmpeg Editor(not Express) can apparently change the header & export as 16.9 using a variation of what ifo-edits software does ,but i have not tried yet to see if it is indeed lossless or re-coded.

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Re: Unnecessary 16:9 (or: how I learned to cut off the black bars on a 4:3 video authored in 16:9 and love the bomb)

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Screenshot looks like it is pillarboxed 4:3, rather rare display mode but French channels are damn nightmare (PAL SECAM; DVB broadcasts are non DVD compliant). The trick with IFO should work, however, you will still have vertical black bars.
Bingo, this was the work of a French dude, and most if not all of the video (an interview compilation) is either dubbed or subtitled in French. I think he recorded it all over a period of time then converted it to DVD. And yeah, pillarbox was the word I was looking for.

I can't understand PGCEdit so I'll try IFOEdit, maybe that will give me better luck. Basically what I'm trying to say is:

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Old 2007-10-26, 07:18 PM
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Re: Unnecessary 16:9 (or: how I learned to cut off the black bars on a 4:3 video authored in 16:9 and love the bomb)

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The new Tmpeg Editor(not Express) can apparently change the header & export as 16.9 using a variation of what ifo-edits software does ,but i have not tried yet to see if it is indeed lossless or re-coded.

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I'm familiar with TMPGEnc, I'll try it with that first. Which is the latest release?
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