I have started to use Handbrake again since I have had some issues with Freemake. But I have run in to something that I can't seem to figure out. I have a VHS source (of course 4x3) but the original VHS was letterboxed and therefore had black bars on the top and bottom. I recorded this on my HDD video recorder which records it to MPEG 720x480 4/3 aspect ratio. I am wanting to get this to display properly on a 16x9 screen by cropping off all/most of the black bars on the top and stretching it equally vertically and horizontally to fit the 16x9 screen.
I got something that did this by cropping 32 off of the top and bottom then selecting "custom" and setting width to 720, height to 416, display width to 720 and PAR width/height to 16 and 9 (I am pretty sure this isn't right). The resulting mp4 file shows (in mediainfo) to be 720x416 and 16/9. It also seems to work well on my 16x9 television. But since I still don't completely understand what I am doing (especially with display width and PAR width/height) I am afraid I am either slightly distorting the image or reducing the picture quality with my settings.
I generally understand (I think) all of the parameters I am setting, but I am just a bit confused regarding how everything works together. Also, I have read about the PAR width/height and I understand how they work together and what they do, but I don't really understand how people come up with the values. I have seen (16*2)/(9*3) which makes sense to me because your are trying to find a ratio to convert a 3/2 aspect video (720x480) to 854 width with 480 height which is 16/9. Thanks for any suggestions.
I got something that did this by cropping 32 off of the top and bottom then selecting "custom" and setting width to 720, height to 416, display width to 720 and PAR width/height to 16 and 9 (I am pretty sure this isn't right). The resulting mp4 file shows (in mediainfo) to be 720x416 and 16/9. It also seems to work well on my 16x9 television. But since I still don't completely understand what I am doing (especially with display width and PAR width/height) I am afraid I am either slightly distorting the image or reducing the picture quality with my settings.
I generally understand (I think) all of the parameters I am setting, but I am just a bit confused regarding how everything works together. Also, I have read about the PAR width/height and I understand how they work together and what they do, but I don't really understand how people come up with the values. I have seen (16*2)/(9*3) which makes sense to me because your are trying to find a ratio to convert a 3/2 aspect video (720x480) to 854 width with 480 height which is 16/9. Thanks for any suggestions.
