Is there any software (preferably free) to just add black bars to a video thereby changing its aspect ratio?

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I have very basic multimedia equipment, just a set-top box and a DVD player.

When I download movies, I put them in my USB flash drive which I then connect to my set-top box to watch them on TV. However, my set-top box is also very basic: there is no possibility to adjust the video in terms of cropping or aspect ratio. It just display all videos in the 4:3 aspect ratio, whatever be their aspect ratios. Thus, the videos get stretched. Since many of the movies that I download are with aspect ratio greater than 2, the stretching causes the videos to be displayed heavily distorted.

For videos with aspect ratio 4:3, they are displayed unchanged.

So, I am looking for a software (preferably free) which will allow me to just add black bars to videos so that they have have aspect ratio 4:3. For example, I would be able to add a height of 212 pixels each above and below a video with resolution 1280Ã536 so that the resolution then becomes 1280Ã960.

Now, I would prefer a software that just add the bars without re-encoding the video. On top of being less time-consuming, this would avoid any potential loss in quality from the re-encoding process.

Remember, the software must not necessarily be free nor must it necessarily change aspect ratio without re-encoding. These are just preferences.

Hope, there are some video experts around here who can help.

Thanks.

Answer
there is a software imTOO video converter it helped me hopefully it will help u.

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