Help/Problem with scaling down video (bug?)

[leopard]

Trying to scale down video
Original video is a H264 .mov file 1920x1080
Trying to convert to h264 mp4 640x360

The problem is that every time I encode the file the video always ends up 640x368 with a green bar (approx 8 pix) on the bottom even though I have 640x360 in video size.

Any assistance appreciated.

Thanks.

[minidv2dvd]

try using 368 to start with as it's divisible by 16.

[leopard]

Thanks for the reply,

As a test I have tried encoding at 368 and the green bar is gone (but it is still 368)
Excuse my ignorance but can I not scale my original to 640x360 properly?
Isn't 640x360 a 'standard' video size?

[minidv2dvd]

not for all encoders. some are mod16 that require that height and width be divisible by 16. others require divisible by 8, 4, or 2.

[leopard]

Thanks for your assistance minidv2dvd!

[edDV]

Isn't 640x360 a 'standard' video size?

Google of "640x360 standard" returned nothing.

640x360 is 16:9 but
360/16=22.5

Hence 8 undefined lines.