How to Fix Aspect Ratio on already uploaded videos (CC available)

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If you have ever had black borders appear in your Youtube videos this video will show you how to get rid of them without having to reupload the entire thing

Original Youtube Blog post
http://www.youtube.com/blog?entry=Lsn9BnVuSAM

These lines of code are known by YouTube as Formatting Tags there are 4 available

yt:crop=16:9
(zooms in on the 16:9 area, removes windowboxing)

yt:stretch=16:9
(fixes anamorphic content by scaling to 16:9)

yt:stretch=4:3
(fixes 720x480 content that is the wrong aspect ratio by scaling to 4:3)

yt:quality=high
(default to a high quality stream,)

To use them simply copy and paste the code into the tags section of the video you want to fix

Here's some examples on youtube with using the code: (stretch 16:9)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-XViSEyYHA

(Zoom 16:9)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkEaYCkpEB8

NOTE a common problem I'm constantly asked about when using stretch=16:9 tag is that it sometimes doesn't stretch to remove the black bars and stretch the whole screen.

This is mainly because the video uploaded is in 16:9 widescreen ratio with black bars rendered into the video, the problem with this is that Youtube assumes the black bars are part of the video and doesn't stretch beyond the dimensions of the video with this tag, that only applies with the crop tag but not the stretch tag

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[Vip3rC4in0022]

Doesnt work....and i know youre not gonna reply .....like the other hundred videos that i asked help from...no reply...nada

[MLGmishmashh]

@grinviteville @vip3rc41n0022 @odstmiller12345 ik how to do it :) worked out myself :) i will tell u now but i could really do with subs, ill tell u all anyway but please! subscribe thanks :) thumbs up so other people can see! so youtube what he has forgot to tell you is to put the tag like this 'yt:crop=16:9' u need the ' ' the easiest mistake ever dont h8 be gr8ful : SUBSCRIBE PPL!!!

[DiverseProductionsHD]

Ok just letting everyone know if you have black lines down the sides of your video put yt:crop=16:9 in the description and tags :D thumbs up so people can see

[R3spawnGaming]

Thanks alot :) This fixed our problems.

[TheMdlukas]

Thank you a lot ^^!

[nbomb3]

@Vip3rC4in0022 What didn't work? I just used the yt:crop=16:9 on my videos, and it worked perfectly. I don't see it until I refresh the page, but it works.

[jjd8277]

Thank you very much, it worked for me. I did a copy and paste for my problem, which did the trick.

[hldx9]

It still works with 480p videos! Thanks!

[Muskateering]

@mnsour360 it USED to work, but since youtube went even more stupid, it doesn't any more. I always used the code before the new layout, worked fine. But now it doesn't.

[mnsour360]

Doesnt work!!!

[robotortoise]

@Vip3rC4in0022 Oh, OK. Glad you could fix it!

[Vip3rC4in0022]

@robotortoise In that 3 months i figured out whats wrong...i didn't fix the problem i just figured out whats wrong LOL the problem is the black bars on my videos is part of the video ....so when i crop it, it thinks that the black bars are part of the video.... if that makes sense