resize 16:9 to 4:3

[titan23t]

I want to resize a 16:9 to 4:3 aspect ratio. I coverted a mpeg1 to mpeg2 so that I could burn it to dvd. When i did it changed the aspect ratio to 16:9. I want it back to full screen. Anyhing free I can use? I have Nero but don't see anything there.

[hrlslcbr]

Do you mean the video is actually 4:3 and is stretched to 16:9?

[titan23t]

I guess. I looked at the orginal file with avicodec and it was 4:3. When I looked at the converted mpeg3 file is now says it 16:9. I do not want to burn it if its not going to be 4:3 because I do not have a wide screen and do not want to see it "stretched".

[guns1inger]

If your DVD player is set to display 16:9 as 4:3 letterbox (and if you play commercial 16:9 disks OK then it is) you wont have any problems. The player will take care of it for you.

[jimmalenko]

The other thing you could do is just re-encode the file, but this time, make sure you've got the aspect ratio set corectly in your encoding software

[guns1inger]

Wont restream change the AR flag without the pain of a reencode.

Having just re-read your first posts - very few avi formats actually have an aspect ratio flag. That is to say they are all essentially 1:1 pixel aspect ratio at whatever screen AR they were cropped to. Only DVD has an arbitrary 4:3 or 16:9 limitation.

[hrlslcbr]

If the video looks weird (stretched), then use restream to set the correct Aspect Ratio (4:3). You don't have to reencode.