Adding black bars

[bladestorm]

Sorry for being dumb, but I have an XVID video that is 640x256. I would like to add black bars to make it 640x360. How would I go about doing that?

Thank You

[Stormin Norman]

Use Avisynth and add borders. Then load script in Virtualdub and re-encode.

Script:

AVISource("F:\source.avi")
AddBorders(0,52,0,52)

[bladestorm]

Couldnt I just use VirtualDubMod, and if so how do I do it?

[junkmalle]

Couldnt I just use VirtualDubMod, and if so how do I do it?

Yes you could but VirtualDubMod requires Full Processing Mode to use any filters. This will take you through an unnecssary YUV to RGB and back to YUV conversion, wasting time and degrading the picture a bit. AVIsynth will add the borders while leaving the video in the YUV colorspace, pass the YUV video to VirtualDubMod, and then VirtualDubMod will pass the YUV data to the encoder (use Video Fast Recompress mode).

If you want to use only VirtualDubMod: enable Video Full Processing Mode, the add the Resize filter. set the top part of the dialog to 640x256, nearest neighbor. Check the Expand Frame And Letterbox option, and set the frame size to 640x360.