Handbrake and 720p video

[jcj487]

Hello all,

Ive been raking my brains trying to figure out how to play 720p movies on my HDTV through an android phone in a 16:9 aspect ratio (or 1.78), whereas it would fill the screen of the HDTV nicely just like Niko does it in this thread Video Demo: HTC Evo playback of HD/720p movies over HDMI out. I have a couple of 720p bluray movie files on my PC that i want to encode but now im not even really sure if they are really 720p. When i upload them into handbrake, it says that the source resolution is 1280x544 and the other one 1280x528 with a 2.35 aspect ratio. Doesnt the second number have to be 720 in order to be considered true 720p HD resolution? Everytime i try and change the 528 to 720 on hanbrake, it doesnt let me. And also handbrake doesnt havent an option where you can change the aspect ratio. When i finish encoding, i get the stupid black bars. i realize the video file might have been shot in a 2.35 aspect ratio or whatever but when i play it in VLC it allows me to change it to 16:9. Basically, I want the video to come out in 1280x720, 16:9, 1.78 resolution and aspect ratio as its default settings. This would be much easier if VLC was playable on Android. At the end of the day, im just trying to find out how to watch 720p video on the HDTV in fullscreen or almost fullscreen (i know theres a couple of inches of black bars in 16:9) just like the guy in the thread above. If some1 could give me a hand here i would really appreciate it.

[txporter]

It sounds like you have a 2.35:1 aspect ratio video. If you want it to be 1280x720 rather than 1280x544, you will need to pad the top and bottom or else stretch the image. I haven't used Handbrake in sometime, so don't think I can help you there.

I would probably just use AddBorders(0,88,0,88) in avisynth to pad the 1280x544 video back to 1280x720. If you REALLY hate black bars and don't mind tall, skinny people, you can just resize to 1280x720 with Lanczosresize(1280, 720).

[jcj487]

any1? BUMP

[manono]

txporter already answered your question. 1280x544 is 720p with the black bars cut off. If, for some reason, you want it 1280x720 again, add them back. He used (as would I) AviSynth's AddBorders command. I don't (and wouldn't) ever use Handbrake so I have no idea whether or not it can be done within that program. It's easy enough to do using XviD4PSP and others.

[jcj487]

not really familiar with these programs. any1 have a quick little walkthrough on how to use these programs to convert blurays?

[jcj487]

nevermind guys, screw handbrake. im using xxvid4psp to help regulate my problems. thx