Hello everyone,

I've asked some questions on LinuxQuestions.org before and they never got answered, or if they were, it was unsuccessful... I really hope you can answer this one...

Is there any simple way of changing the video ratio when using transcode to rip a DVD? The movie I have is at 2.35:1, but has black borders, which was added to the movie to be adapted to 16:9 TV screens. I'm using the latest version of transcode and ffmpeg to encode it.

I've tried --export_asr, --import_asr, -g, -Z, and all the other options I could think of. Either the video is squeezed or the program crashes.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

remi - unfortunately I am not able to answer your question about changing the video ratio, but I did want to respond to your comment about not getting replies to earlier questions. As you probably know, the LQ membership consists entirely of volunteers, who donate their time attempting to assist other Linux users. Unfortunately, some questions do go unanswered, simply because sometimes the question may not be seen by a person who happens to know the answer, or similarly, the people who do see the question may not know the answer. Additionally, sometimes the subject matter of a given question can be fairly obscure, thus limiting the pool of possible people who are familiar with the topic.

In any event, if you post a question that does not receive a response within 24 hours, it is acceptable to "bump" your own thread by posting a reply to it yourself, as that will help keep the post in the group of most active threads. As you've seen however, there are no guarantees that asking a question will result in a solution. Good luck with the project. -- J.W.