widescreen to fullscreen???

[xjbaby]

hi all

i have a mpeg file it looks like widescreen (it may be 16:9) format i personally perfer full screen i was wondering if theres a way to convert or change the widescreen to fullscreen??

i'm somewhat of a newbie and would appreciate any any help

thanks all

[freestyler]

https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=959813#959813

[xjbaby]

thank you

but the thread was of no help to me

i've been fooling around with tmpgenc express

i'm gonna try to cropping the file to 416x240 almost looks like full screen

can anyone suggest a better size maybe???

thanks all

[chobo321321]

What is the resolution and aspect ratio of your file? Also are you trying to encode it to DVD? Does the file already have letterboxing in it?

[xjbaby]

ok i'm not sure how to get this info so i took a shot and read it with tmpgenc express

the aspect ratio is 1:1 before setting output after setting output
the aspect ratio is 4:3

the resolution is 720x480

yes i am trying to burn it to dvd

i'm not sure excatly what you mean by letterbox but when i play it
it has black bars on top and bottom

thank you so much for your help

[junkmalle]

To maintain picture aspect ratio you'll probably have to crop to 352x240. 416x240 isn't a valid size for DVD.

Personally I'd leave it widescreen and letterboxed (black bars at top and bottom). You'll see the whole picture, and you'll retain picture sharpness. If you blindly cut of the sides and make it fullscreen you'll get lose half the picture and what's left will be blurry. And you'll miss any action that's happening at the sides of the screen.

When studios create full screen versions of wide screen movies they pick the portion of the picture that best suits each scene. They don't just show you the center half of the picture. If the important action is happening at the left edge of the screen you'll see that. If the action moves to the right on the next scene the crop moves over there. If there's a long scene with important elements on both sides they'll slowly scan across the full frame.

[adam]

If you are just going to crop the sides without performing a Pan and Scan conversion then you might as well just hit the zoom button on your dvd player. It will accomplish the exact same thing in real time. But don't be suprised if you end up with a giant nose talking to a guy's left hand in every scene.

[thecoalman]

I've converted a 16:9 to 4:3 with Ulead Media Studio Pro. I cropped to 540x480, checked the keep original size option and selected 4:3 as the aspect ratio which provided me with as much as possible of the original video, kept the aspect ratio and kept it DVD compliant.

You could increase the crop width more if you wanted. But the wider you make it the more it's going to be stretched vertically.

[vrieze42]

Try adjusting your DVD player instead of the hassle of converting. Typically there are three or more settings offered on the players (16:9, 4:3, etc). See if one of these is to your liking and enjoy the movie.

[junkmalle]

Many movies are shot on 4:3 aspect ratio film and then cropped to a widescreen aspect ratio for distribution. Often the cropped parts contain stuff you're not supposed to see (microphone booms, wiring on the floor, stage hands) but sometimes the additional picture is used to create full screen movies. Here are sample images from the movie "Rabbit-Proof Fence":





Of course, you can't recreate the full screen picture from the wide screen picture because you don't have the parts above and below.

[Shocker Milwaukee]

https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1005604#1005604