(If videohelp wants rewrite this post to make more sense, its translated from a post i had ~2005-2010 in a S. American/Portuguese site, though i've updated a few programs/features below]

IMPORTANT: ALWAYS make a RESTORE POINT AS NOT TO RUIN ONES CODEC SETTINGS. This is in case any use and/or installation of programs mentioned below conflict with your compu'r settings / codecs one can restore back to the previous settings.
No one on this site agreed to this manner of resizing videos or use of the mentioned programs. Programs [versions] mentioned in this blogbit where freeware when posted. some other programs [i know of 6] can be substituted in place of mentioned freeware. Of the 6, i hope to mention on another post as 3 might create conflicts as causing magnificent file explorers as xnview, i_view FreeC or ultraExplorer not to display videos nor thumbnails so even though these 6 programs NOT MENTION HERE/ BELOW might have better outputs i.e. blu-ray quality i'd rather not bunch them in where it can cause users compu'r problems.
To figure out why xnview, i_view FreeC or ultraExplorer stop showing video thumbnails or previewing / playing certain video files study what i call "bullyware" [software programs that don't freeze ones compu'r yet take hold (i.e. "grip") certain codecs / settings. This "gripping" causes other programs not to work unless the "gripping" program is open, thus makes one think the "gripping" program must be better cause it works / creates in this case a video file. Once closed then other video programs / codecs lose certain transfer abilities. AM NOT saying that "gripping" is done purposely as in the following $wareware i mean shareware "AoA vid joiner" as it might just be a simple conflict, but if one installs AoA [not freeware but shareware ] in its trial form its stops certain video files from being previewed in explorers and causes problems in context menu's visual displays [For image previews in context menu, try "sagethumbs", there is a manipulation i sent sourceforge [2010] on using sagethumbs to display videos as what i call "thumbtacs", created in 1999 where not entire video but every 10% of video is previewed. i created thumbtac when TRIPOD told me in 1999 that gifs were[are] still propriety]...i digress.
Being a "motherflower" to some in repeating this advice: Remember create a restore point before and if you download the old version mention below wait till its downloaded is completed otherwise you'll have to download it again if you restore back.

(when i post i write in a weird style [no kidding] forgive me but its my style, "some paintings are easier to understand, when paint by the numbers" -Mr.X smilie face -nyc)

HERE BEGINS the TITLED TOPIC:
Resize a large mp4 Quickly and be able to use it in vitDub? One can just send the clip to be processed gain but if the video clip had to go through many filter settings its going to take a looong time, specially compared to watching turtles "compete" a tri-athathon. Now since this will be implemented into future "freewares" then it will be even quicker then, but in using this style since `2007 [using 6 other program combinations] i figured let me post it again here since the other site i had video ideas on "WOOBd" last yr.]

You say you have a 720 x 480 mp4 and want to just resize it to 736 x 480 with little loss of quality and do it "relatively" fast. You can either show the video with the monitor in horiz. stretch mode or use a program that does that and lose quality or reflected video off an amusement parks 'funny mirror' also loses quality not to mention holds up the line at the amusement park ...or try the following.

FIRST IF THE mp4 has to be created "CORRECTLY"** [if it plays in xnview, i_view32 or ultraExplorer & shows a thumbnail then the next steps should work therefore skip to EXPLANATION 3]

...EXPLANATION 2: otherwise IF MP4 DOESN'T PLAY & SHOW a THUMBNAIL in xnview or i_view32 one might get anomalies when MP4s are played on other compu'rs or on the webnet***, anomalies like vertically flipped / no audio/ no video, those can be corrected but, it then gets tediously long, try correcting it through HANDBREAK you figure out the bitrate settings compared to the mp4's first pass through video editor that created it, below i use AVIDEMUX as one example. .

EXPLANATION 3: [NOW here the simple step(s) that will not be understood till one gets to explanation 4.


In this procedure i use freeware programs that seem to agree with my installed codecs/settings to create a mp4 file that plays across a variety of site, best. (please do not compare uploads at my "fan" web sites as many of those are experimental video files, in which i test new programs or ones i've tinkered with. Though i've stopped posting publicly error compressions for web friends to figure out in other countries, i still post test video of a better quality but rarely does one see real HD [720] videos at my fan sites [as wxretro], cause they are test videos of retro subjects people might like so why not open those clips to fans.


a] create a 2nd video of the original [mp4] you want to resize BUT, create only a few seconds of that video, making sure you include at least 1 INTRA KEY FRAME. This is in case any programs YOU substitute / use asks to input 2 clips of different titles. This can be achieved via programs like AVIDEMUX v2.53, any later version of AVIDEMUX as of 20110412 though has better/wider selections might MIGHT create a problem in some compu'rs [this ever so slight error sent to avidemux developers, not this resize style. As always i send anonymous tips to freeware developers since 1995, but stopped publicizing the freewares i recommend ever since radlight [yeeech!, swareware] did something thats unforgettable] i digress...again.

Now to createa 2nd mini clip once you enter the full mp4 into AVIDEMUX leave VIDEO & AUDIO selections to COPY, select: Format: mp4, then on the top tool-bar of AVIDEMUX select GO > [drop down menu] select NEXT INTRA FRAME, then use the "red MARK B cut icon" [bottom toolbar area] to create the end point of this mini ~`10 second video.
The 2nd mini mp4 video from the original is now created.


Here one can use Oxelon Media Converter v1.1 in place of Media Cope & IVC, just set Oxelon Media Converter to MEDIA FORMAT: AVI (.avi), VIDEO CODEC: RAW Video, AUDIO Codec: (what you prefer) Oxylon might be a tadbetter but the other twohave better tweaking specially MEDIA COPE has video preview.

OR try the following, MEDIA COPE [version i used last is v2.00] (DID YOU create a RESTORE POINT?). has many features yet since no full avi output many pass it over oh boy if you only knew of its fantastic quality output, get it and DONATE before its $wareware. Don't hate making money its needed, but hate when the public is used to create something then the public is forgotten and charged for something they help test / build.

If the mp4s were created correctly just open MEDIA COPE. NOW notice the many tab operation choices in this case its either "VIDEO CONVERTOR" or if one needs to cut down some of the mp4 try "AUDIO/VIDEO cutter" or join several same extension files try ""AUDIO/VIDEO joiner" tab. IMPORTANT: As the output try "VOB/mpeg2" then "SAME QUALITY" these choices appear at different points on its drop down menus read it carefully to choose "VOB/mpeg2" then "SAME QUALITY". IMPORTANT: in mEDIA COPE at times when i video goes back to start playing again it might be a previous video you just edited SO either reopen MEDIA COPE for each different video edit or PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT IS PLAYING on its screen. IMPORTANT: If MEDIA COPE's interface can't be read it might be ones font settings, leave the font settings alone just click ALT & ENTER [not shift, alt & ENTER) so MEDIA COPE is now in full screen but remember do not open its HELP file while in full screen MEDIA COPE stays on top then just close it ALL with ESC and restart this last step.


If it created a ".vob" file that plays in VOB players [most "all video" players can play VOB files yet some have their default settings unable to play ".VOBs". Before tinkering with those default setting get DVD2AVI or MPG2CUT and see if the VOB plays , if it plays one can edit the VOB in a more precise manner in MPG2CUT and the vOB out of MEDIA COPE seems to be ~12% higher quality than other VOB editors. If the VOB plays skip TO EXPLANATION 4.


== skip to EXPLANATION 4 this only if VOB crashes explorer ==

The following never occurred in any of 4 compu'rs i've use but, IF windows crashes playing the created VOB [delete the CREATED / joined vob or avi file.] If windows keeps crashing, just as you highlight that joined avi file, then use "UNLOCKER" [freeware] to unlock that file locked to windows explorer so it can be deleted. By opening the folder via "explorer view" then use arrow keys to highlight the bad avi and "unlock" explorer then press delete]. Then try first changing the two mp4 extensions to an avi extension as:

First take the 2 "mp4 videos" and make copies to protect the originals place them in another folder, make a note of that folder.

Now use an extension changer [i prefer 2, both by Abhishek,. They are FILE EXTENSION CHANGER .NET v1.0 & the complex version FILE EXTENSION CHANGER v3.3.1, as they have context menu configurations that don't clash with other programs]. Change the copies extensions of the 2 mp4s to avi.



Now open whatever video joiner you are using, click ADD TASK > ADD FILES [add both files; the big / org ".mp4" know changed to a pho-.avi first, THEN the mini ~10 second mp4/avi second.

=== do not use above this line unless explorer crashes ======

EXPLANATION 4:
Now try IVC 3 [Internet_Video_Converter_HD_3.00_en_std, IVC 2,50 will do the same as its the RAW output to be used, its just that IVC 3 might have a bit more features for some, heck get both]

Use IVC's interface, do not drag n drop as the videos settings will not be added correctly. Use IVC's transcoder tab > select video, do so. Then select this FORMAT: Uncompressed (RAW + PCM audio) (.avi). Click APPLY FORMAT. Open Audio/video setting to set the desired new size, if you wish raise the bitrate, though IVC figures out the videos highest level bitrate. IMPORTANT some files will output its own FPS no matter what you enter in those cases change the frame rate in VIRTUAL DUB or use "AVI Frame Rate Changer v1.10 by [Blight] at www.inmatrix.com]" after IVC creates the avi. to close IVCs settings interface click its X. Please click CONVERT NOW.


The ".avi" created can be entered into VIRTUAL DUB and filtered as one wishs or send to the next freeware to create the resized mp4.


Remember to enter a new name for the video, how about supercalafragalisticexbialidocious, ok save that for a freeware name or first child name, this new name is so its not overwriting the original ".mp4".

All the processes take time yet is faster than passing it through the 1st mp4 editor with a different size. That re filtering meant you could get married/divorced and still not have an output in older compu'rs. Instead get a cool glass of water [don't place glass 1/2 full or 1/2 empty near compu'r or one day you might feel "completely empty" once it shorts out yer compu'r]. the shorter time is that one is not re-filtering just resizing. Therefore this takes less time.


"Vwualla" if the mp4 was originally processed correctly you should now have a playable 736 x 480 large file even GB avi that was created relatively quick-ly. Play it in xnview or i_view32 does it play & have a thumbnail? [wait as if many video files in folder thumbnails takes time to develop, don't shake or blow on screen, old Polaroid "inside joke" myth].

Now use a program like HANDBREAK v0953728 to create in a QUICK yet QUALITY manner the resized mp4. REMEMBER TO select or CHANGE THE HANDBREAK output from "MKV" to "mp4" IN THIS CASE for certain web sites to play. Now depending on the program's codec / settings that created the original mp4 the bitrate will differ in HANDBREAK so either use HANDBREAK's size limit, under VIDEO tab > quality then tic box and enter a TARGET SIZE [try the original mp4's KB/MB size, then play and if need to be adjust to ones taste and retry]. Or as just one comparison of the versions used above, AVIDEMUX to HANDBREAK is an 5% - 10% lower in the HANDBREAK entered bit rate number. Therefore a 733 bit rate with a high FRAMERATE LOOKAHEAD in AVIDEMUX would be a bitrate of ~608 in HANDBREAK [as 733 times .075 [.075 coming from averaging 5% to 10% being 7.5%] = 131.94, 733 minus 53.509 = ~680]. enter 680 as the avg. bitrate in the VIDEO tab in HANDBREAK the rest of the settings try if you understand. In time adjust HANDBREAK to your liking.

Now the ".mp4" output from HANDBREAK can be played in xnview, i_view32 or ultraexplorer [do so to see if the mp4 is up to official specs or for whatever reason into another mp4 editor, as the one you used first . Abracadabra a resized mp4 with little loss from original mp4 and only a ~200 to 500 more kbs per 10mb of video ...millage may vary.



=============Asterisks explained=============
**CORRECTLY is difficult as a video might still play in YOUR xnview, i_view32 or UltraExplorer but you might have slightly different codecs/compu'r specs causing either better or worse video outputs in another compu'r/website, To that i can only keep my fingers crossed & wish you luck or take a course on internal workings of videos, OR in a few yrs my clues to using spinning/floating triangle algorithms will lead to tru(e)-3D where one can literally go and view the dancing lady [or guy if its yer taste or use xbox360 tru3D to drive behind a real nascar race and people in the stands or tv can see pho-cars drivers [interactive users at home] ...crashing] ...oh forgive me instead of sxy women in 3D i meant the congressional broadcasts on c-span from behind the "TV HUB" and see what a 360 degree view of what a beautiful -EMPTY- room looks like.

***of course if you and others have the exact same compu'r / codec specs one can share these incorrectly processed videos as a form of high quality encryption, shhh.

IMPORTANT: If one thinks why not change the extension of the avi to mp4 after i typed "Vwualla"/ 1st step, nah it will take looong just to do that and it won't play well in most compu'rs not to mention it might be a 5GB+ .mp4.

BTW MEDIA COPE [it does something in using its "same quality" selection(s) particularly in one or two output format(s) which is easily corrected in mpg2cut that puts out top dvd quality. If you get it, please don't forget donate to its creator, or it might become $wareware. Try PAZ AUDIO extractor v1.4 for some difficult extractions. As usual when posted the softwares mentioned where "fah-ree" (quoting the gorgeous Tracy Humphrey) and this site has MANY good softwares and discussions, worth the time so please join.

Very good Companion Software; Lens V0.9 by Markus Weiz ©2000, use it to preview hard to preview situations. As with Virtual Dub (asked vitDub if they could implement it [2007], no response). This magnification lens can be frozen to preview any area thus really read any pixel change in comparing before/after the use of filters, it measures, try it.
If allowed, the following 2 links show the use of the process above:

Here not directly related just the human side remove if VIDEOHELP feels its too weird being its unrelated to the site, except for the real 3D TV clues:
If this helps then help others in real life, if it doesn't, still help others in need and if one wishes to waste some time read my hard to understand crazy science ideas / theories plus hope i can get two things out in the open:

1] that one can influence weather including its use "next to" windmills / turbines thus power 1 turbine in place of 100+. Imagine what i call an "ml-d"generating ~65% of the needed energy. In the U.S. of a. today closest is [cough cough] coal and that's around 40%. I figured a science i call "Galacsics" in the 1970s was a kid living in Da Bronx Nu Yauk (the Bronx, funny?, hey its the Nobel capital of the world for a "borough" 'county" ), and can't get anyone to test it till i hope this summer in a near by state, just worried as a side affect when ml-d is tweaked above what i call #3.0 are 5.0 to 6.0 earthquakes as explained as "vis0" at weatherunderground. As one of my weird ways i tried to get attention was AFLAC to use my voice for free in its new voice search in return introduce this form of device/ science to Japan for research therefore lower the need for nuclear to zero. [as space travel that REALLY moves at light speed is "timetwisting" - why Doppler shifts are off target specially in "fast" spinning entities and when reading "light yrs"- and is done via ABSolute0, the complete opposite of Nuclear. Yet my hope is retain / retrain their/all nuclear workers into this energy as to not have families lose jobs / income, All for free no luck never heard from AFLAC. Still waiting for a replay from a person whom lives in a near-by state to where i live, NY state (actually i live in Manhattan on 27th st & 2nd Ave.) that wrote me at youtube's wxretro stating i could try my science in one of their "green" homes .

If interested in CLUES, another of several posts worldwide is at IPERNITY search, "senor equis,ml-d,AOI,nyc". Other seemingly weird Xplanation are how laughter cures, why singing helps one learn other languages, will explain why "high meditating level" Mians decided not to reincarnate till ~7,000AD, if Earth is still inhabitable, causing their "lay people" not to know what to plant in 8 yr cycles and become more European like in their religious actions (one sacrifices for a sports other to find out those whom can meditate deeply & and see intra-dimensional tri-energies) thus crops suffered. All CRAZY stuff unless you know me and how 24 ideas i wrote in the 1970s yet my sis & 3 friends found out from 1980- 1990s, 24 theories of ~ 50 i told them where proved correct not cause of me no one i communicated with listened but through the hard work of the scientific communities those ideas became fact. Now sure many other ideas of mine failed but just like television was something crazy ONLY 100 yrs ago, several men & women where trying to invent what became a way to transmit "pictures"over the air at the turn of the 19th century. Just ask your grandparents how it felt to experience a revolution as TV before its too late and take in some wisdom from those that went through what you will go through, soon enough, unless you want to repeat mistakes that can be avoided, WHAT WILL YOU REPEAT THAT THOSE old looking people did, ....................... life ,peace