mp4 to avi

[rogerde]

Hi guys, long time since my last post. Been working in florida.
I,m having a little problem in convrting an mp4 file to an avi.
I,m trying to convert with winff, which i,ve used before with
success. My problem is that when i convert and play the video
back it looks like my tv is set to 4.3 with black edges either side
of my tv.
Any ideas or settings that i should use with winff so that i can convert
and play in 16.9.

Any help or advice would be great.

P.S. I,m still a bit of a newbe.

[Baldrick]

Try convert it to 16:9 resolution/video size, like 640x360.

Or try change the avi display aspect ratio to 16:9 with mpeg4 modifier. But the player might ignore it.

[rogerde]

Hi thanks baldrick for quick reply.
Can you tell me, is 640x360 video size the actual setting for 16.9.
What i'm trying to say is would i have to do few conversions with different
video sizes to see whats best. If so it's not a problem.

Thanks again for quick reply

[Baldrick]

What is your source video size?

It's called square pixel aspect ratio if you have the video size the same size as the display aspect ratio. 640/360 = 16/9. If you make an avi it's best to make the square pixel aspect ratio same as the display aspect ratio.

[rogerde]

Hi again,
Ok the this is the only info i have on the movie file.

Format: H.264/MPEG-4 AVC
Bitrate:1340 kbps
Framerate:23.976 FPS
Encoder: x264
Resolution:720x400
Aspect Ratio:16:9
Advanced Encoding: 2-Pass Encoding

sorry for late reply. Me internet playing up a bit (AOL)