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jyang

07-20-2019, 06:14 AM

Is it possible to permanently letterbox a video (add black bars to top and bottom) while transcoding it? (For example, add black bars to top and bottom of 2.35:1 aspect ratio video so that it becomes a 16:9 video with a 2.35:1 image area?)

Many thanks.

Peter

07-22-2019, 10:38 AM

Yes, the Panasonic Viera (2011 Models, Adjusted Aspect Ratio) profile does this. What device are you using?

jyang

07-22-2019, 11:22 PM

Thanks! I am using a Samsung from approx 2014.

If it's not possible to do this with this device, it's OK, I've found it's not that inconvenient to just add the black bars by re-encoding the file with AviDemux (https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/375025-Adding-Black-Bars-to-MP4-Video#post2416859) before playback - easier than I thought it would be.