Can I convert wide-screen Xvid's to full-screen?

[cyx]

Well, I don't have a wide-screen TV, and it's only 27". I'd like to view my Xvid's on full-screen, instead of wide-screen. Is there anyway to do it?

[reboot]

Method 1.
You need virtualdubmod (not the regular virtualdub).
Open virtualdubmod, click File, open, and browse for your movie, click OK.
Now click Video, filters, Add. Click on Resize.
The new width and height are going to be exactly what your source is, otherwise the video will get squashed.
Put a tick mark in "Expand frame and letterbox image".
The two most common (for NTSC) are 320x240 and 720x480. Don't resize too much!!! If your source is 352x150 or thereabouts, then in the Frame width box, put 320, and in the Frame height, put 240.
Keep the fill color black, unless you WANT blue or red bars on the top and bottom.
Click OK twice, and you'll see the result in the right hand pane.
Click on File, Save avi.

[guns1inger]

I think he's looking for a pan&scan type solution. In which case you want to crop to 4:3 aspect ratio, then resize to encode.