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Originally posted by Vilkku
Actually, a movie in 4:3 format has the left and right side cut out, so cutting them would give you the "real" 4:3.
Not all movies are recorded in 16:9 (or any other widescreen format). Some are recorded in 4:3 directly (mainly TV series and other stuff which will not appear on in the movie theater).
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Originally posted by Ezra
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Originally posted by Vilkku
Actually, a movie in 4:3 format has the left and right side cut out, so cutting them would give you the "real" 4:3.
True but usually they don't just cut the sides off, but they move the screen sideways too when the action is in the cutted off space.
This is called "Pan & Scan". This is indeed not done in all movies (which also support the 4:3 aspect ratio). In fact it is rarely done as it requires an enourmous amount of extra work.
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Originally posted by rix
So, is it possible to convert video size format from 16:9 to 4:3? I don't like watching videos, which are made for widescreen. Talking about DivX and Xvid here.
Like Menthix said, you can't without stretching out the picture. And doing a pan & scan yourself is extremely much work (as you need to do it frame by frame). For any method you choose to do it (that is, if you can), the movie will be worse...
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