Recoding software?

Question

Does anyone know of any software that will let me recode a 4:3 aspect ratio to 16:9, without the result being a horribly stretched out image.

P.S. please recommend software able to support .ogm,.mkv, and .avi.

Answer 1

The question is... WHY? If you don't want any stretching, then the only thing to be done is add 2 black bars on either side. And why would you want THAT?

And this involves re-encoding the whole clip, you know.

I would write an AVISynth script and use AVISynth frame serve into whatever encoder you use, probably VirtualDub to do this. It's slow, but it doesn't mess with the video.

Answer 2

http://www.dvdvideosoft.com/avs-video-tools.htm

Here is the complete list of supported video formats: *.avi, *.divx, *.xvid, *.ifo, *.vob, *.vro, *.mp4, *.m4v, *.h263, *.h264, *.mpeg, *.mpg, *.m1v, *.m2v, *.dat, *.mpe, *.3gp, *.3g2, *.3gpp, *.3gp2, *.wmv, *.wmv-hd, *.asf, *.mov, *.qt, *.rm, *.rmvb, *.swf, *.dvr-ms, *.dv, *.dif, *.flv, *.mkv, *.ogm.

Also it can rip and burn DVD and VCD.

and

AVS DVDtoGo from AVS Video Tools: http://www.dvdvideosoft.com/avs-video-tools.htm

This program allows to convert DVD and video files to AVI (DivX, XviD) and specify the output files size

Answer 3

www.sonic.com
Try EMC?

Answer 4

Fraps is good.