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samsayit
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9. April 2009 @ 21:31 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
How do I crop the picture of a DVD movie/VOB files? I want to crop the top and bottom parts of the picture.

Ideally, I want to simply recode the DVD title with the picture cropped, keeping all audio tracks, subtitles...

I have searched and searched but have not been able to find anything that can do what I want. I can find numerous apps that will crop the picture from a DVD, but it all ends up with avi or something non-DVD, and this is not my goal.

I'm frankly stunned that there apparently is no simple app to do this in one go, kind of like a DVD Shrink with this option.

Any help would be appreciated. I don't care how many steps or apps it will take, as longs as it is possible to do without quality loss and retaining the audio tracks and subtitles.

Background:
I have some DVDs where the movie is widescreen, and the pictue is 4:3 letterboxed (4:3 picture containing widescreen - with black bars top and bottom).
On my 16:9 TV, I have it set to display the ~~native~~ signal without any stretching or zoom.
You can probably see what my problem is now - the 4:3 signal is displayed unstretched on my 16:9 TV, and since the 4:3 contains a letterboxed picture, I have black bars ON ALL 4 EDGES.

Changing the setting on the TV to stretch or otherwise display the signal in something non-native format is NOT an option for me, I get green spots all over whenever I see a strecthed or corrupt picture.

Normally, this is no problem because most DVDs use the actual picture format (such as 16:9).
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9. April 2009 @ 23:37 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
DVD Rebuilder is the program to use.
It will convert 4:3 letterboxed to 16:9.

99% of all problems are between the computer and the chair.
samsayit
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10. April 2009 @ 13:13 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Thanks a lot, that did it - in one go. I've added DVD Rebuilder to my favorite apps list.

Appreciate your help!
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10. April 2009 @ 13:18 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by samsayit:
Thanks a lot, that did it - in one go. I've added DVD Rebuilder to my favorite apps list.

Appreciate your help!
That's good to hear. You'll find this program very usefull.

99% of all problems are between the computer and the chair.
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