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Hi everyone,

I have a problem concerning the display of 16/9 videos. I'm looking for a method to display black lines above and below 16/9 videos so that those lines become a real part of the video stream which would thus become a 4/3 video. Here are the explanations : I'm using VLC to display some 16/9 video files in my 4/3 cathodic television, but I don't want to use the 16/9 mode of the TV because it also adds (with the 2 black lines generated by the TV itself) three abnormal lines (one red, one green and one blue which are joined ) 2 cm above the video, and that's very disturbing while watching a movie. And, when I don't set the TV on the "16/9" mode, it upscales the 16/9 video into a 4/3 one (which is a sheer atrocity). My idea is to generate black lines in real time and display them around the 16/9 content so it becomes a 4/3 content and the TV displays it as 4/3 and my problem is gone. Can such a thing be done with VLC?

Thanks in advance,
Speck.

Ps. I might not have been very clear, and I apologize in advance. I'm french and I've been learning English for a few years only, which explains my weak expression.

Transcodimg would be necessary to do what you suggest.

--sout-transcode-paddtop <integer>
Video padding (top)
Size of the black border to add at the top of
the video.
--sout-transcode-paddleft <integer>
Video padding (left)
Size of the black border to add at the left
of the video.
--sout-transcode-paddbottom <integer>
Video padding (bottom)
Size of the black border to add at the bottom
of the video.
--sout-transcode-paddright <integer>
Video padding (right)
Size of the black border to add at the right
of the video.