How to convert a 4:3 video to 16:9 (Really Easy)

[Hulsie]

Welp, that did the trick. Thanks.

[kelvinpyaeko]

386 MB for my 15 second sample video lol..but great instructions, though..have to try the encode now to see the result

[rizla420]

its 2012... why am i still coming across files in 4:3 ratio !!!

[KHbetterthanFF]

Thumbs up if you are watching in 2012!

[dickie6000]

I'll be trying this tomorrow, thanks. =)

[tira606]

btw mine says wen i enter an avi that it cant locate decompressor for format xvid unknown n then says it requires a video for windows (vfw) compatible codec to decompressvideo what do i do about that

[100Dylman]

this is crap, it supports barely any formats!

[paulotaylor15]

thank you! ><

[pAAwo92]

Wow that was wasy, thanks!

[LolDubManz]

<3 thank you

[abiatutube]

It doesn't support mkv file then whats the use??

[LeticiaViperCH]

WOW!!! This Helps me a lot, Thanks!!!

[Filipa1122]

you the best (i actually needed something smaller not bigger :D but it helped and nice music

[phantomempire]

only works on avi files ,if your tryin to crop a mpeg dvd ,forget it ...Virtual dub will just reject it

[studapples]

@phantomempire: Try using Virtualdub-MPG2. It'll accept mpeg but convert it to avi

[BoredNoobIsBored]

Orrr yt:stretch=16:9



[Wintows]

When I have done this operation, I have got my video size increased from 2 to 75gb :D. Why?!

[halxx413]

thank you so much!

[TeenWorldBG]

VERY SLOW IF YOU CONVERT 30 MINUTES VIDEO :(

[WatchHawk]

what the hell? My videos were shot in widescreen. If I convert them to avi, that goofs them up and puts them in fullscreen. I thought the point of this video was to show how to maintain widescreen in converting...

[MegaTimebomb098]

gayest song ever!!!

[acousticfulmess]

Awesome dude, you're a lifesaver!

[TaZe1994]

Thanx it helped!!!!

[XxDdgaMerxX]

how to you get it to be full screen?



[nagudelomusic]

Awesome tutorial buddy, simple and effective as few. It does require some technical knowledge to make the encoding to work. I suggest using the "codec friendly" options in the resize menu in order to export correctly to DIVX.

[DreamyViper]

I just tried it. Great tutorial! Thank you.

[Scythr174]

uhm...what about the other way around <:/ ? i have a vid thats been distorted into 169 and i need to unstretch it

plz respond

[monster3754]

ITS GIVING ME AN ERROR PLZZZ ELP 

[CulchaMix3000]

Oh, thanks for this tutorial. The result is GREAT!!!

[GamingTheRightWay]

was 15mb, now 36.4gb, lol

[MrExtremeTV]

download a program callled handbrake its a great compressor

[kukkadas]

Thank you so much for sharing this tutorial, Excellent work! keep it up,

[NellacMedia]

When I click File > Open video file, it gives me an error message. It says:

MPEG Import Filter: invalid pack at position 3: marker bit not set; possibly MPEG-2 stream.

Any help? What should I do? :-(

[AgnaktoreX]

THANKS! 

[rapturedpassage]

@aubney I already did it with Corel.

[aubney1]

thanks for the tutorial bitch

[FiaskoGB]

@cokidvd How to you use the winFF converter, everytime i use it Virtual dub won't let me select the converter vid. I converted it to .avi and tried everything i think

[rapturedpassage]

Yeah! Converting to 16:9 or to an HD format will make the size of file bigger. It always happen.

[aubney1]

@rapturedpassage use camtasia studio 7 click zoom n pan then right click on the video then click snap to video edges

[RECUTMedia]

@rapturedpassage

well i converted a movie to 16:9 and it turned out 89gb .. original was 1,6gb

[rapturedpassage]

@RECUTMedia Do not convert a 4:3 video into 16:9 aspect ratio. If its only has a 4:3 aspect ratio, then let it be.

[RECUTMedia]

@rapturedpassage

i had to so i could watch it on my tv :) i just encoded it later so it turned out around 1gb .. x264 codec :))

[rapturedpassage]

Very nice! Thanks!

[parkerdonaldmusic]

you made this easy. THANKS!

[matthew9100]

I have to agree with the all users.

Thanks for movie! It realy helped ;)

[Johannady]

it says i need VFW codec..

even after i converted it with that converter..

[progmatrix]

Not Good , if you use "crop video" you cut out a portions of video... Infact in the encoded video you lose the heads of man! You have to work only with Aspect ratio!

[MelAmsterdam]

Great stuff, thanks for this and you're clear explanation! Btw. it DOES also work with other footage than just AVI, you don't have to convert your footage to AVI first! I did and just saved as AVI, as instructed in the software and it works fine! Yes, the files are larger then, but I don't mind! I have 16:9 ratio footage now without loss of quality or strange deformities! Hooray for you and VirtualDub!

[byggarebobby]

is there a way not to loose fps on the video (Frames per seconds)

would love to get an answer

[prandabear]

I did this and the result was great. The only problem is the end video was 2GB big. I'm a computer noob but I know that 2GB is TOO big for a 3 minute video. What did I do wrong?

[cokidvd]

@prandabear

As I mention on the video description, you've to compress the video with xvid codec or another one you like.

[CombatArmsREZMods]

Does it trim the video?

[felino3210]

Thanks man.

[23GummybearMs]

cool cool :D hey what is the song called i really liked it alot

[ASHOGACarlosPaz]

Thanks for this tutorial, it was very useful. I've used the letterbox option, instead of crop.

[aikasayumilove]

olis, tengo un problema !! converti un video avi de 4:3 a 16:9 como explicaste en el video, el problema es k el video original pesaba 18.8 MB, aora k lo e convertido pesa 96.5 MB =S ahora como ago para k no pese tanto o para k pese como antes o incluso menos, espero tu respuesta ! =)

[cokidvd]

@aikasayumilove

Hola, lo tienes que encodear usando xvid o un codec similar

saludos

[aikasayumilove]

@cokidvd si gracias, ya resolvi el problema :P

[IceYourPimpHand]

@cokidvd lol, show off

[RubiksCuber1000]

Hey is there anyway of making the video HD like 1080p?

[ASHOGACarlosPaz]

@RubiksCuber1000

To make it 1080p, it should be 16:10, right?

[RubiksCuber1000]

@ASHOGACarlosPaz

Not always.

It has to be 1080p to be 16:9 Ratio

[aikasayumilove]

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[cokidvd]

@aikasayumilove

De nada, me alegro de que te haya sido util

saludos

[ImplingB0MB]

:[] you still have Tiny bars lol

[azachan91]

wow !

the size does matter.. any suggestion to reduce the size ?

[cokidvd]

@azachan91

Encode it using xvid, the link is on the video description

[Amethyst96]

This tutorial seems to be interesting... even though, I haven't downloaded the program. yet... I just want to be sure of something... can I crop a .vob file, which originally has 16:9 dimentions but in the 4:3 frame, and export it as a .vob file again??? I just don't want it to lose the high quality that a .vob file has... thanks.

[cokidvd]

@Amethyst96

Yes, it's possible, same procedure, but enter 4:3 instead of 16:9 on framing options->crop to aspect ratio

thanks for watching

[SlovakMilitaryTV]

Really thanks

[KNighcturnal]

woww i love you!! i have been this issue for a while now, its making me crazy. thanks for the video!

[IndeedGaming]

everytime i do this i still get the black bars on the side. can anyone help?

[DontHateOnJord]

thanks alot for this! really helped me out :)

[TheFunkeyChannel]

u rock

[GTAGeneral]

I absolutely LOVE YOU !

[Kaste11]

thanks!!!!!

[metalfgg]

vlws !

[1acidboy]

.avi fuck that the video size will be massive and take 4ever to upload. u need mp4

[sanjayproduction]

@1acidboy or mov

[videoholicreturns]

I can't thank you enough for uploading this.....now I finally have a way of doing this, thanks SO much!!!

[cokidvd]

Thank you for watching!

[videoholicreturns]

After converting a few videos, I realized that this program is CROPPING the top and bottom of the 4:3 video, that's how it's doing it - it's not stretching the video, which is the effect I really wanted.

[DjSmOkEy13]

Ayye Thanks Foreal

[Deadlyblack25]

Thanks! My videos really suffered with the bars.

[sainifizzle]

thanks alot man 5 stars

[bravohexavac]

thank you. You are the best, it took me weeks to find a way to do it. The soft is good and your advice as well. First i used Sony vegas 8.0 but it was not very effective.

[cokidvd]

@bravohexavac

Thanks!

[1992corleonesicilia]

thanks mate

[rgmartin2003]

Will this distort the video quality? Also, I use a regular handy cam for my recordings, in the description it says that this only works with AVI video, would my camera's video qualify as AVI?

[SawdidSpinx]

Ok I'm confused, I followed the video but my output file is gonna be 182GB from a 700MB avi. Where did I go wrong?

[cokidvd]

That's because you have to compress the video using xvid or the codec of your choice

[Sims3Fallout3]

Will this affect the working of the DVD menu? Caus at the minute it's working fine

[cokidvd]

I don't know, I haven't tried this with a dvd

[HellaShady]

y is the ending file size so big lol?

[cokidvd]

That's because you have to compress the output video using xvid or another codec

[SawdidSpinx]

Haha yeah I realised that just after I commented.Thanks.

[gamajeal]

Thank you

[cokidvd]

Thanks for watching

[sundaybakescakes]

Cheers Man for the info! have a Merry Christmas!

[cokidvd]

thanks for watching

[JoaoVitorDuarte]

thank's you so much!

[cokidvd]

thank you for watching

[selektajahmaica]

thanks a lot!

[Joao10Heleno]

You're my hero ;)

Thank you so much

5* and i subscribe

[cokidvd]

Thank you for watching!

[yonghan1003]

Hey...i finished your step..but it save 3gb for my 80mb of movie ! any idea what happen?

[cokidvd]

Yes, you have to go to the video menu and select Compression, then you have to select xvid codec, then configure the codec to the maximum quality.

That's it.

[yonghan1003]

The bad thing i dont have the Xvid Codec! how?

[cokidvd]

That's because you have to install it first!

Download it from the link that I've added on the video description

[yonghan1003]

Ty man.. hey mind subscribe me?

[0StarShot0]

you could have put this info in the video....

[cokidvd]

Yes, you're right, but I forgot to do that when I was editing the video

[MutatedGamer]

why are the edges cut off like on the bottom for mine, it really sucks cuss i record fps's :(

[HMRoyalMachine]

thanks mate, great vid, it saved me lol

[coloringcolors]

the song is by lilly allen right?

[cokidvd]

Yes, it's The Fear by Lilly Allen

[nightmare4034]

Thanks Man! It Works Great.....

[jacobonix]

THANKS!!!!!!!!

[myew930]

very thanks！！

[A13260]

god job cokidvd....but i should tell you that wmv doesn't works too

bye

[cokidvd]

You can use WinFF to convert your video to avi first, and then you can use this method!

Use the link i posted on the video description to download WinFF.

[MrNoFusion]

Hey, MP4 doesn't works :-(

[cokidvd]

No, use only AVI files

[shawn2571]

yeah i used the xvid codec and it made an avi file with audio but no video? oh well i guess i'll keep looking :0)

[fenderguitar100]

nice tutorial i can now fix my videos cuz i hate it when they get pillarboxed or letterboxed

chek out my callofduty videos

[ceilim]

tymv m8 iv subed

[JoshTyrant]

Or you could resize it to 853.3 (If its a widescreen DVD movie that has been ripped to a 4:3 frame and therefore squished inwards) to get back the proper aspect ratio

[kiangkianggta]

thanks men

[CokeColaFTW]

there are a bunch of links on the site. which is the right one? please reply

[PatrickArgentina]

oh my god this is so easy! i think im gonna give it a try w/ my next vid

[Matanjun1970]

Easy Like eating peanut.

[pzaiwi]

thanks!!! very helpfull tutorial!

5/5 :D

[Zax0ph0ne]

this was helpful, but it took away my audio!

[disneylandhero]

This method just squashes the video. I would think cropping would be better to prevent the distortion.

[knbanner]

It actually does crop the video not just squish it.

[Trivium1994]

Thanks alot!

This guide was very helpfull :D

5/5

[cokidvd]

Thank you for watching!