[MEncoder-users] zoom to fit resolution

[RC]

On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:30:04 +0200
"John Deas" <john.deas at gmail.com> wrote:

> mencoder -quiet -oac lavc -ovc lavc -of lavf -lavcopts
> aglobal=1:vglobal=1:vcodec=mpeg4:acodec=libfaac:vbitrate=768:abitrate
> =128 -lavfopts format=mp4 -vf expand=:::::1.5,scale=480:320,harddup -o
> 
> but it is not working every time: in some movies part of the image is
> duplicated on one side. And it encodes black bands that I would not
> like to include in the image.

Adding black borders is the one and only thing -vf expand does.  If you
don't want them, don't use it.