> I've accidentally recorded a TV program that was 4:3 format as 16:9 with the
> result of the mpg being squashed in the middle and two black areas each side
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> I have WMM, Nero Vision Express and TMPGEnc available. I also have a trial
> verion of DVD Movie Factory with a few days left.
You can use freeware version of PIP Plus <www.rehanfx.org/pipplus.htm>
to convert the aspect ratio of the video. Post a screen snapshot of the
video if you need me to provide the xml code.

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