widescreen to fullscreen

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  1. Gangstapr

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    im wondering, is there anyway to convert a widescreen movie (avi)to a fullscreen movie? if so plz post any good software that can get the job done thanx.
     
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    Three ways.
    1) Encode directly to 4:3. This will make everything stretched taller than it should be.
    2) Encode to pan/scan 4:3. This will cut the sides off, but leave it full screen.
    3) Encode to letterboxed 4:3. This will put black bars top and bottom, but nothing stretched or squished.

    All 3 of these can be accomplished in tmpgenc, as well as most other standalone encoders.

    Which one did YOU want?
     
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    how about just the normal average fullscreen u would see on a normal dvd. Can u tell me the steps to doing so using tmpgenc? thanx alot
     
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    i got the program, its converting it to fullscreen. One question, does the movie lose quality if converted to fullscreen or would it stay the same?
     
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    Because it needs re-encoding, you will lose some quality.
    Did you figure out the settings needed in tmpgenc?
     

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