Cropping MPEG2 File

[brvignesh]

Is it possible to crop the original MPEG2 file without reencoding?

[Baldrick]

Yep, if you mean crop like cut. Use mpg2cut2, videoredo, mpeg-vcr, tmpgenc mpeg editor...or see our tools list under Video Editors(mpg,dvd).

No, if you mean crop like remove a part in the video frame.

edit: And moving you to our editing forum.

[jagabo]

If by "crop" you mean cutting away a portion of the frame, like removing black letterbox bars, no. If you mean removing unwanted segments (usually called trimming around here), like cutting out commercials, yes.

[brvignesh]

is it possible to crop using videoredo?

[Baldrick]

What do you mean with crop? See above.

[brvignesh]

yes, removing black letterboxes

[Baldrick]

It requires reconverting and no videoredo doesn't support it.

You can use a video mpeg2 converter like tmpgenc plus, tmpgenc xpress or free solutions like avisynth together with a hcenc to crop the black borders.

[dadrab]

And the "reconverting" will cause quality loss.