convert 2.35:1 to 1.85:1

[mridang_agarwal]

Could someone tell me how to convert VOB files from 2.35:1 to 1.85:1? I know this would make me a lose a good portion of the picture but I'd still like to know how.

[guns1inger]

Demux the video and audio from the vobs using rejig, load the video into either virtualdubmo or avisynth, crop, resize, frameserve to your favourite mpeg encoder to create a new video stream (still 16:9, of course), then re-author with your audio to get a new DVD. You *might* be able to use one of the vob tools to just replace the video - I'll leave that to you to find out.

Lot of work just to butcher a perfectly good film (sorry, but 2.35 is my favourite aspect ratio).