[MPlayer-users] DivX -> VCD + maintaining aspect ratio = impossible OR Howto ADD black borders

[Marc]

Extracted from the man page:

>
>     expand[=w:h:x:y:o]
>        Expands (not scales) movie resolution to  the  given value  and
>        places  the  unscaled original at coordinates x, y.  Can be used
>        for placing subtitles/OSD in the resulting black bands.
>
>        w,h  expanded width,height (default: original  width,height).
>        Negative  values  for  w and h are treated as offsets to
>        the original size.
>
>        EXAMPLE
>        expand=0:-50:0:0
>        adds a 50 pixel border to the bottom of the picture
>        x,y  position  of  original  image on the expanded image
>(default: center)
>
>        o    OSD/subtitle rendering
>             0: disable (default)
>             1: enable
>
>  
>
>  
>
h3h3... I searched for "borders" (should have looked for "border")

encoder -of mpeg -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg1video -nosound -vf 
expand=592:480,scale=352:288 '/windows/E/Incoming/AW.avi' -o 
'/windows/E/AW.mpg'
-> only green video ... totally wrecked (BUT 352:288)

encoder -of mpeg -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg1video -nosound -vf 
expand=592:480 -vop scale=352:288 '/windows/E/Incoming/AW.avi' -o 
'/windows/E/AW.mpg'
-> good video but 592x480 (=he added the borders but didn't resize 
afterwards)

mencoder -of mpeg -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg1video -nosound -vf 
expand=20:20:0:0 -vop scale=352:288 '/windows/E/Incoming/AW.avi' -o 
'/windows/E/AW.mpg'
-> good video... but no resize and no borders

mencoder -of mpeg -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg1video -nosound -vop 
scale=352:208 -vf expand=352:288 '/windows/E/Incoming/AW.avi' -o 
'/windows/E/AW.mpg'
-> good video... but no resize and no borders

mencoder -of mpeg -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg1video -nosound -vf 
expand=20:20:0:0 -vf scale=352:288 '/windows/E/Incoming/AW.avi' -o 
'/windows/E/AW.mpg'
-> good video... resized to 352x288 but no borders (-> streteched)

mencoder -of mpeg -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg1video -nosound -vf 
expand=20:20:0:0,scale=352:288 '/windows/E/Incoming/AW.avi' -o 
'/windows/E/AW.mpg'
-> good video... resized to 352x288 but no borders (-> streteched)

mencoder -of mpeg -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg1video -nosound -vop 
expand=20:20:0:0,scale=352:288 '/windows/E/Incoming/AW.avi' -o 
'/windows/E/AW.mpg'
-> good video... resized to 352x288 but no borders (-> streteched

I am very new to mplayer... could someone please post me a correct 
commandline???
I want an 592x256 avi file down to 352x288 (so resized + borders added)

thx in advance :-D