Can I convert anamorphic to widescreen?

[mattwrit]

I've bought a Pinnacle to import movies from my widescreen camcorder and widescreen PVR - but I didn't realise that the Pinnacle is actually really very rubbish.

It's importing them in 4:3 so they're all squished, and there's no options whatsoever to change it.

Can I pull them out to 16:9 afterwards?

Thanks.

 

[MisterMe]

It sounds like you are importing your movies in DVD resolution. At 720 x 480, DVD pixels are non-square.

 

[drichards]

I believe you can stretch your movies out right in Handbrake using advanced settings.

 

[mattwrit]

I believe you can stretch your movies out right in Handbrake using advanced settings.

But surely I'd have to import them on DVD then? I'm talking about using a video capture card.

 

[drichards]

Handbrake was updated recently and it can convert almost any video file or DVD now. I just used it yesterday to convert Animal House and (old) Casino Royale letterboxed fullscreen DVD rips that I'd ripped in 4x3 years ago.