Can I correct a stretched movie

[Keops]

I would like to know if I can correct the aspect of a movie (an .avi file) that is sretched out (like painted by El Greco). I have too another movie (an mpeg-2 in this case) that, on the contrary, is vertically shrunk.

Thank you.

[Gazorgan]

Yes you can. If the AVI is Truly stretched (tall skinny) when viewed with an AVI player, then try encoding it to MPEG2 (I assume you want it on DVD/SVCD?), but instead of a 1:1 source, try it as 4:3 or 16:9 source. I have seen a few of these (usually improperly converted DVD clips).

As to the MPEG, it's probably encoded as 4:3, with a 16:9 aspect ratio flag(or encoded from the wrong DAR, sort of the same thing). Try using IFOEdit to change the flag.