Cropping Compressed Videos

[karthik167]

Hi

I have a DivX compressed video, but it has the black border on top and bottom. I want to remove this black border without reencoding the video.

I tried to do this using virtualdub with null transform filter, crop and then save as AVI. But the resulting files size is huuuuuuuge. Is there a way to crop without reencoding(recompressing) the video?

Thanks,
Karthik

[cd090580]

It is not possible to crop a divx without reencoding.

[karthik167]

It is not possible to crop a divx without reencoding.

Oh
What is the best setting for recompressing the DivX without losing quality. Would it be better if I just set it to original setting or is there any guide there in videohelp to help me.

Also, can I crop the border using VLC or any other software? I couldn't find this via VLC gui and the command line crop option also didnt work for me.


thanks,
karthik

[cd090580]

Reencode a Divx will loose a little more in quality.

I don't know if VLC is able to crop on the fly while playing. Maybe BSPlayer is able to do this.