re-encode before or after cropping

[mrgain]

I captured some video for dvd at a high bitrate 12,000 which of course has to be re-encoded down to compliant rate and i'm going to crop it,is it better to crop before or after re-encoding or does it make a difference?

[manono]

Hi-

If it's to be cropped after encoding, it'll have to be encoded yet again. You always crop before encoding.

[mrgain]

thanks for responding