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I am currently working on adding some deleted scenes back into Pirates of the Carribean, but some of these scenes are in 1:85:1 widescreen, and the film itself is in 2:35:1. What is the best method for adding extra black bars to these scenes to make them also 2:35:1?

Also, I am having trouble getting my finished MPEG2 files small enough to fit on a single layer disc. What's the best way to compress these files?

Any help would greatly be appreciated.
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Originally posted by: Spence101287
Also, I am having trouble getting my finished MPEG2 files small enough to fit on a single layer disc. What's the best way to compress these files?

Any help would greatly be appreciated.


- You'll need to re-encode you source AVI files using a lower bitrate, you can find some great bitrate calculators on videohelp.com but I would suggest just making it DL as not to lose video quality.

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I changed the aspect ratio fine, but what i really need to do is not change the aspect ratio, but actually just add black bars to make the video 2:35:1 widescreen as opposed to 1:85:1 widescreen. i dont want to change the size of the fram, as its already widescreen anamorphic, just cover pieces of it with black bars.
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If I understand you correctly, you are trying to keep the size of the black bars the same for both 1:85:1 and 2:35:1 images.

In that case, you have 3 options for dealing with the 1:85:1 scenes:

1. Crop the top and bottom of the picture until the active image is the same vertical size as the 2:35:1 picture. You may end up cutting off tops of heads, etc.

2. Resize the picture vertically until it's the same height as the 2.35:1 picture. You will end up with an incorrect aspect ratio, short/fat actors and so on.

3. Resize the picture both horizontally and vertically. The aspect ratio will be correct, you will not have cropped any image, however you will need to add black borders to the left and right of the active image.

Or you could use a combination of all 3 methods; try and find a compromise that you're happy with.

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