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  1. 25th Mar 2004 16:26 #1
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    Hi,

    I have an MPEG-2 file that i recovered from a two disc SVCD. I have joined the two files and would like to crop the black bars out of the file.

    What program if any can I use to do this?

    thanks
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  2. 25th Mar 2004 18:03 #2
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    ffmpegX, i believe, or maybe MPEG2Works or Handbrake...
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  3. 25th Mar 2004 18:11 #3
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    Actually Cleaner is the best for this but it's also the slowest. It actually lets you visually crop whatever you want.
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    hmmm...

    okay, I'll try ffmpegX.Mpeg2works and cleaner in that order.

    Thanks for the help.
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  5. 25th Mar 2004 19:40 #5
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    I think DiVa's got the most user-friendly interface for cropping & scaling, but you'd have to save as Quicktime (DV, 3ivX or some other codec), then convert back to MPEG2.
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  6. 25th Mar 2004 19:54 #6
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    I like the Quicktime method for cropping myself. All visual. DiVa does it excellently too though...
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  7. 25th Mar 2004 22:12 #7
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    Problem:

    I don't want to convert it to anything else. I just want to crop the black bars.

    ffmpegX - won't crop without conversion that I can see
    MPEG2Works - No crop function unless I can't find it
    Cleaner - Don't have it, can't buy it (too 'expensive)

    What is the quicktime method dead sierra?
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  8. 26th Mar 2004 00:55 #8
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    Cleaner it will let you see what you want to crop ( actually has handle that you can drag to just how much you want to crop ) and save it in the same format.
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