16:9 to 4:3 Conversion

[jeff72]

Hi Guy's
As the title says, I am looking for a "how to" to convert a 16:9capture to suit a 4:3 format with no letter boxing.
Most things that I have tried seem to just squash the 16:9. What I really want to do is crop the edges of the 16:9 so that I get a full screen 4:3 picture.

Any suggestions...?

Currently using - Project X, Mpeg2schnitt & TMPGEnc Software Suite 2005...

Thanks

Jeff

[DrP]

If I was going to crop a section of video I'd use avisynth to do it. Assuming 720 x 576 'PAL' 16:9:

mpeg2source("blahblah.d2v")
crop(96,0,528,576)
lanczosresize(704,576)
addborders(8,0,8,0)

That assumes you want 720 output.

Yeah, I know, but those figures are close enough. Odds on the display/TV the video would be watched on would have more aspect error than what those figures introduce.