Trying to convert a 1280x1080 to 1920x1080

[thenerdal]

I downloaded a video file that I thought was in 1920x1080 but it's actually in 1280x1080. MPC-HC doesn't play it in 1920x1080 but Windows Media player does?

Anyways my issue is that I want to be 1920x1080 so I can upload it.

Can anyone help?

[pandy]

Perhaps it is anamorphic and there is no need to change it to 1920x1080?

[thenerdal]

Perhaps it is anamorphic and there is no need to change it to 1920x1080?

Hmm, is there anything I can change in Handbrake that will change it to 1920x1080 so it shows up as that when I upload it to a site?

[SameSelf]

Is your footage DVCPRO HD? If so, they are anamorphic pixels as pandy suggests. DVCPRO HD is 1280x1080 SAR with a 3:2 PAR which equates to 16:9 DAR. So yes, you need to scale the video up to the proper 1920x1080 square pixel (non-anamorphic) resolution because, as you have found, some players won't play it properly.

I don't use Handbrake, but I would think there is a setting somewhere in there to tell it to scale the video to 1920x1080 and also let Handbrake know you have a 3:2 PAR.

Alternatively, are there black pillar boxes on the top and bottom of the video. IOW, what you really downloaded was 1280x720 content that was put in a strange format? If so, you would need to crop the pillar boxes first. 1280x720 with 1:1 PAR is 16:9 DAR. At this point, if you want, you could scale up to 1920x1080, but that is probably wasted effort.

[thenerdal]

There are not black pillar boxes. Handbrake doesn't let me scale it more than 1280x1080 for some reason.

[johns0]

Use vidcoder,it will let you scale it and it's based on the handbrake.