Zoom and/or Crop?

[captainzog]

I have a video file which does not fill the screen. There is a screen grab below, can anyone advise on how I can re-size it?

The MediaInfo report is also below.

Video
ID : 1
Format : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile : Simple@L1
Format settings, BVOP : No
Format settings, QPel : No
Format settings, GMC : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix : Default (H.263)
Codec ID : 20
Duration : 1mn 2s
Bit rate : 1 696 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 3:2
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Standard : NTSC
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.205
Stream size : 12.7 MiB (91%)
Writing library : Lavc52.108.0

Thanks in advance.

[Cornucopia]

So that file you have is badly encoded. Clearly, it was taken from a DVD rip, but when re-encoded, it should have either been encoded to the same dimensions and kept the same Display AR (either 4:3 or 16:9, NOT 3:2) or it should have been resized to dimensions that compensate for the change to a more popular 1:1 Pixel AR (for example, 852x480 with 16:9 DAR).

However, my guess is that even then you would still have letterboxing/pillarboxing, because I believe it is burned into the picture.
Thus, you could crop top+bottom (or left+right if that's how it was encoded) and resize the remaining picture to a 1:1 PAR. That would likely play more accurately in your media player+TV combination.

That's a lot of work. You may instead want to just use the ZOOM control on your TV.

Scott

[captainzog]

So that file you have is badly encoded. Clearly, it was taken from a DVD rip, but when re-encoded, it should have either been encoded to the same dimensions and kept the same Display AR (either 4:3 or 16:9, NOT 3:2) or it should have been resized to dimensions that compensate for the change to a more popular 1:1 Pixel AR (for example, 852x480 with 16:9 DAR).

However, my guess is that even then you would still have letterboxing/pillarboxing, because I believe it is burned into the picture.
Thus, you could crop top+bottom (or left+right if that's how it was encoded) and resize the remaining picture to a 1:1 PAR. That would likely play more accurately in your media player+TV combination.

That's a lot of work. You may instead want to just use the ZOOM control on your TV.

Scott

Thanks, you could be right Scott. Letterboxing I can put up with, but when its accompanied by pillerboxing, nope.

[hech54]

Zoom or Crop?
Neither.
Buy the DVD.

[poisondeathray]

mpeg4modifier

[captainzog]

Zoom or Crop?
Neither.
Buy the DVD.

If only I could get a region 2 copy. Just missed one on ebay, but I'll keep on looking.

[hech54]

You can play American NTSC stuff in the UK....all you need to do is make a simple copy of the disc.

[captainzog]

More Below.

[captainzog]

[QUOTE=hech54;2233114]You can play American NTSC stuff in the UK....all you need to do is make a simple copy of the disc.

Zoom or Crop?
Neither.
Buy the DVD.

If only I could get a region 2 copy. Just missed one on ebay, but I'll keep on looking.

Thanks hech54. I've got a region 1 DVD ROM and a multi region player. I have got a few USA sourced DVD's, which I've converted to AVI's with Freemake. I wanted a region 2 if possible, but I found a region 1 copy, in the UK, in fact, in the next city, for £3.99 inc delivery. I shall rip it to my media server and enjoy it with my grandchildren.

Thanks all.

[jagabo]

region 1 copy, in the UK, in fact, in the next city, for £3.99 inc delivery. I shall rip it to my media server and enjoy it with my grandchildren.

Just hope it's not a 2.35:1 movie letterboxed in a 4:3 DAR frame. If it is, you'll see the exact same letterbox+pillarbox on your TV.

[hech54]

Thanks hech54. I've got a region 1 DVD ROM and a multi region player. I have got a few USA sourced DVD's, which I've converted to AVI's with Freemake. I wanted a region 2 if possible, but I found a region 1 copy, in the UK, in fact, in the next city, for £3.99 inc delivery. I shall rip it to my media server and enjoy it with my grandchildren.

Thanks all.

Forget about "converting" to anything. Simply copying a DVD (with something like DVDFabDecrypter, or even the older DVDDecrypter or DVDShrink might work on that old movie) removes the region code.
The copy you make will be region "0".
It will still be NTSC because Region Codes and Video Format(PAL and NTSC) are two different things.
European players have very little problem playing NTSC DVDs from America....it's only the region code you need to deal with.
Simply copying the DVD to a blank recordable DVD takes care of the region code.

[budwzr]

Interesting that the corners are darkened typical of a lens shadow, or vignetting. They filmed it.