4:3 to fake 16:9

[jin007]

hi,

I have a video clip in 4:3 that I want to insert into a 16:9 film.

The 16:9 clip has the black bars on top and bottom, I want to add those same black bars to the 4:3 clip and then stretch it to a fake 16:9.

Anyone know how i can go about this? I dont want to crop it with black bars, I want to squeeze it with black bars and then stretch it horizontal. Can virtualdubmod do this?

[jagabo]

Yes, VirtualDubMod can do it. Use the Resize filter's letterbox option.

[manono]

Some of what you said didn't make any sense (to me anyway). If you want to use a 4:3 MPEG or 1.33:1 AVI source, unless you crop the top and bottom, resize, and encode as 16:9, the only way to do it properly (without giving it bad AR) is to add black bars to the right and left sides. I suppose VDub can do it, but better is AviSynth. FitCD gives this for a 4:3 DVD source:



If starting with an AVI Source (say, 640x480), it's similar:

LanczosResize(544,480,0,2,640,476)
AddBorders(88,0,88,0)

I'm assuming this is for DVD output. If the end result is an AVI, it'll be different.

[jin007]

thanks alot guys for your solutions.

Jagabo your solution worked perfect for me.