cropping boarders

[loa909]

anyone here knows how to remove these grey borders in a movie clip what I have marked in blue X

[davexnet]

Every video editor can crop. Just look for it in the program your using

[loa909]

Every video editor can crop. Just look for it in the program your using

I think you will find not all crop correctly take VLC for example it dont crop all those grey bits but expand the video

[davexnet]

Every video editor can crop. Just look for it in the program your using

I think you will find not all crop correctly take VLC for example it dont crop all those grey bits but expand the video

VLC is not an editor. Use AVIdemux or Virtualdub2 and crop the sides.
If you're familiar with AviSynth you can use a simple script to do it

In Vdub2, open the video. Select video/filters/add/resize ( hit ok don't change anything)
Select 'resize" in the list. On the right select cropping. Remove the borders using the tool
OK all the way out of filters
Then video/compression/x264 8 bit
File/save video (save as mp4 or mkv)

[loa909]

Every video editor can crop. Just look for it in the program your using

I think you will find not all crop correctly take VLC for example it dont crop all those grey bits but expand the video

VLC is not an editor. Use AVIdemux or Virtualdub2 and crop the sides.
If you're familiar with AviSynth you can use a simple script to do it

In Vdub2, open the video. Select filters/add/resize ( hit ok don't change anything)
Select 'resize" in the list. On the right select cropping. Remove the borders using the tool
OK all the way out of filters
Then video/compression/x264 8 bit
File/save video (save as mp4 or mkv)

Oh ok many thanks then will try what you suggested

[butterw]

Every video editor can crop. Just look for it in the program your using

I think you will find not all crop correctly take VLC for example it dont crop all those grey bits but expand the video

VLC crops correctly.
VLC Video > Crop is a crop-zoom, likely what you are looking for is Video effects > Crop.

More generally masking can be done at playback in mpc-hc/be with a pixel shader
ex: https://github.com/butterw/bShaders/blob/master/barMask.hlsl
or an avisynth script.

The h264/hevc bitstream can also be modified to crop without the need to re-encode.

Re-encoding might be simpler, but quality/bitrate/encoding time can be an issue.

[loa909]

Every video editor can crop. Just look for it in the program your using

I think you will find not all crop correctly take VLC for example it dont crop all those grey bits but expand the video

VLC crops correctly.
VLC Video > Crop is a crop-zoom, likely what you are looking for is Video effects > Crop.

More generally masking can be done at playback in mpc-hc/be with a pixel shader
ex: https://github.com/butterw/bShaders/blob/master/barMask.hlsl
or an avisynth script.

The h264/hevc bitstream can also be modified to crop without the need to re-encode.

Re-encoding might be simpler, but quality/bitrate/encoding time can be an issue.

how do you download these shaders and where do you place them in VLC

[butterw]

VLC: Tools > filters > video effects > crop
It's a built-in feature but it is only available with Dx11 video Output (the default on Win10).
If the menu is not available and you are using Windows, you can try changing the video output in Settings > Video, then restart player.

VLC only has limited suppport for hlsl pixel shaders using dx9 video Output.