Resize/Crop avi file with VDub

[miles6699]

Ok Ive dloded a few films now 1 encoded with subtitles in the black portions of the film and 1 with black borders (letterbox)as part of the film both 16X9 format...So I figure I can crop the subtitles out of 1 film and crop the other film to reduce file size...it works out to 900MB now but 20% of the file size is borders...So im assuming it wont be as easy as a direct stream copy will it?

How can I achieve my goal..(to crop the films)....can Vdub do it... how???

[gs0666]

Use the null transform filter in VDub

[Enchanter]

You will have to recompress the movie as well, in order to achieve the cropping.

[miles6699]

So I'm going to need bitrates...etc to recompress...does that mean I will need to recompress the audio as well....or can I do direct stream for that??? The fewer filters/compression I have to do the faster it will process right???

[setarip]

No need to recompress audio (Set it to "Direct Stream Copy")